History of Nashville TN

Nashville is the capital of the state of Tennessee and is the home to Vanderbilt University. Traditional country music venues include the Grand Ole Opry House, home of the famous “Grand Ole Opry” scene, and radio show.

Nashville is considered to be the music city due to the major center of music they share, especially country music. They are also a huge center for the healthcare, publishing, private prisons, banking, and transportation industries.

During the 18th and 19th century the town was founded by James Robertson, John Donelson, and a big group of Overmountain Men. The name comes from Francis Nash who was a revolutionary war hero. Nashville quickly grew due to the access of the port on the Cumberland River, and major railroad center. It was the center of plantations, tobacco, and hemp as specialty crops, in addition to the raising and training of registered horses, and other livestock.

For years Nashville was considered one of the wealthiest southern capitals and a large share of its prospering was from the iron industry. The cholera epidemic struck Nashville in 1849–1850 took the life of former U.S. President James K. Polk and resulted in high losses. There were 311 deaths from cholera in 1849 and an estimated 316 to about 500 in 1850. Today the city along the Cumberland River is the center of American culture, and easily the fastest-growing part of the Upper South and the area between Atlanta and Texas.

Currently, there are many plans for building various residential and business towers in the downtown area of Nashville. The Tennessee State Museum is a large museum in Nashville filled with the history of the state. It includes a “Tennessee Time Tunnel” which goes through the state’s rich history and leading visitors through the Museum’s strong collection, a hands-on children’s gallery, six rotating galleries, a state-of-the-art digital learning center and a two-story Grand Hall. Serious SEM is proud to be able to locally offer their services as an SEO company to Nashville.