To be sure, Nashville is known for it's music. But's it's also a center for healthcare, publishing, banking, and brews. Nicknamed the Music City, it is also the home of the Country Music Hall of Fame. But that's not why it received that familiar moniker. The term was first used in reference to Nashville way back in 1873 when the Fisk Jubilee Singers were performing before Queen Victoria as part of a world tour. She was so impressed with their singing that she stated that they must be from "...the Music City of America." and the nickname stuck.
Settled by the Overmountain Men in 1779, Nashville is located in what is termed Middle Tennesee, along the meandering Cumberland River and was named for Francis Nash, a Revolutionary War hero. Today Nashville continues to grow at an amazing rate. With a concerted urban renewal effort that began in the 1990s property values continue to soar. Once blighted neighborhoods like The Gulch, Germantown and Lockeland Springs are seeing a resurgence as 100 people a day are moving in. Nashville is indeed hot!
Nashville is also quite a popular destination from a culinary perspective, too. It is a town where the tea is sweet, the chicken is hot and the biscuits are plentiful. Perhaps nowhere else can you find Goo Goo Clusters and Meat & Three. Places like Hattie B's and Martin's routinely have lines out the door as folks patiently wait for a local favorite. It may be simple or ornate, but one thing for sure, it will be delicious!
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