1952 Map of Ten Mile

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Watts Bar Lake dominates the western landscape of this 1952 study, its fingers reaching into deep hollows such as Possumtrot Hollow and Dada Hollow. This postwar era shows the area transitioning under the influence of the Tennessee Valley Authority, with the shoreline of the Tennessee River reshaped by the damming of Gillespie Bend. The interior remains deeply rural and family-centered, evidenced by an exceptional density of private burial grounds like Culvahouse Cemetery, Deatherage Cemetery, and Hornsby Cemetery. The village of Ten Mile serves as a small crossroads hub near Ten Mile School, while unique landmarks like the Indian mounds near Cane Creek and an Abandoned silo provide tangible physical history of both ancient and early twentieth-century land use. Scattered houses of worship, including Euchee Chapel and Maple Grove Church, anchor these small agrarian communities across the ridgelines of Ten Mile Ridge.