TENESSEE

Area: 109.247 sq km Population: around 6.400.000 Capital: Nashville Largest city: Memphis

Top 3 industries :

Textiles (cotton) Chemicals Plastics

Nashville
Population: 635,710 Industries: Health care Music Car manufacturing

Attractions
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Over 3,000 stage costumes, original song manuscripts and musical instruments Many of the personal items of music legends are on display including Elvis' solid gold Cadillac.

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

Interactive ArtQuest gallery with 30 art making and art learning stations

Memphis

Population: 646,889 Area: 313.8 sq mi Home of country music

 Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave and B.B. King all got their start in Memphis in the 50s/60s.

 Graceland, the former home of music legend Elvis Presley, is one of the most visited houses in the United States . Featured at Graceland are two of Presley's private airplanes, his extensive automobile and motorcycle collection and other Elvis memorabilia.

 Blues fans can visit Beale Street, which used to be the center of the Black community, where a young B.B. King used to play his guitar. Street performers play live music, and bars and clubs feature live entertainment until dawn.

Theme parks and water parks

Nashville Shores Eight waterslides, three pools, Kayak Cove, an Aqua Park, thousands of feet of white, sandy beach

Dollywood
Dollywood, The Smoky Mountain Family Adventure, is Tennessee's number one Incredible rides, spectacular shows, heritage crafts and fun for the whole family. There's a new festival each season.

Flag
The three stars on the flag represent the three different land forms in Tennessee. Mountains in the east, highlands in the middle and lowlands in the west. On the flag these regions are bound together in an unbroken circle. The field is crimson with a blue background for the stars. The final blue strip relieves the sameness of the crimson field and prevents the flag from showing too much crimson when it is limp.

Laws
It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish. It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date. In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a "hitching post."

 No one may eat ice cream on the sidewalk. Stealing a horse is punishable by hanging. You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.

 In Memphis, Tennessee Frogs are not allowed to croak after 11pm.

It is illegal to dare a child to purchase a beer.