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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…

Belmont College for Young Women was founded by Susan L. Heron and Ida E. Hood, opened on September 4, 1890. Modeled on the women’s colleges of the Northeast, the school was established on a 15-acres of the former Belmont estate, including the mansion…

Ward Seminary for Young Ladies, founded in 1865 by Dr. William E. Ward, stood at this site many years. Dr. Ward, a graduate of Cumberland University in Lebanon in both law and divinity, died in 1887. The school was sold, but continued to operate as…