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This is an early map of Nashville in 1875, approximately a 100 years after the original settlement of Nashborough in 1780.

This map was created by the Seventeenth International Christian Endeavor Convention held in Nashville July 6-11, 1898. The convention was sponsored by the Young People's Christian Endeavor Society. This group was organized as part of the "muscular…

The University of Nashville was an educational institution that existed as a distinct entity from 1826 until 1909. Born out of Davidson Academy and Cumberland College, the University of Nashville played a large role in making Nashville the "Athens of…

Peabody College was founded in 1875 when the University of Nashville, located in Nashville, Tennessee, split into two separate educational institutions. The preparatory demonstration school, University School of Nashville, separated from the college…

An independent, privately supported university founded 1875 by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York shipping & railway magnate, who gave $1,000,000 to start the university & expressed his wish that it should ‘contribute to strengthening the ties…