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Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park is a state park in Van Buren and Bledsoe counties, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The over 30,638-acre (123.99 km 2 ) [ 1 ] park is centered on the upper Cane Creek Gorge, an area known for its unique geological formations and scenic waterfalls.
The park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1934 and 1942 on about 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of land donated to the State of Tennessee in 1933 by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. CCC crews built hiking trails, a recreation lodge, a ranger station, five rustic cabins, and a 12-acre (4.9 ha) lake known as Arch Lake.
In Tennessee, I-81 serves the northeastern part of the state, running 75.66 miles (121.76 km) from its southern terminus with I-40 in Dandridge to the Virginia state line in Bristol. The route serves the Tri-Cities region of the state and the eastern parts of the Knoxville metropolitan area, terminating about 35 miles (56 km) east of Knoxville.
The Kingston Fossil Plant Spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4.2 million cubic metres) of coal fly ash slurry.
In 2008, the park was renovated with landscaping, benches and other improvements, including "Quark," an 80-foot-tall, blue-painted steel piece by John Henry, a nationally renowned sculptor.
Six people found dead near a flipped car are believed to be between 1 and 18 years old, Tennessee officials said. In addition to killing several young people, the crash sent a woman to a hospital ...
The State of Tennessee leases the land from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. James Edgar Evins (1883–1954), the park's namesake, was a Smithville businessman, mayor, and state senator who played a vital role in the development of the Center Hill Dam and Reservoir in the 1940s.
The owner of Smoky Mountain Helicopters said the five died on Monday afternoon in Sevier County, about 200 miles east of Nashville, WVLT reported.