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Rocky Mount Historical Association

 Organization

Biography

The Rocky Mount Historical Association is a not-for-profit, educational organization that was chartered by the State of Tennessee in 1958. The association governs the Rocky Mount Museum in Piney Flats, Tennessee. Rocky Mount was home to William Cobb. It served as a United States territorial capitol for the Southwest Territory from 1790-1792, when Governor William Blount took up residence. The Rocky Mount Museum is a living-history museum that interprets life in as it would have existed in the frontier era.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Rocky Mount Historical Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0578
Scope and Contents

The Rocky Mount Historical Association Collection contains newspaper clippings, cartoons, publications, magazines, correspondence, and documents that pertain to World War II. The collection also includes photographs and documents of the Jack Snider Country Store exhibit at Rocky Mount.

The collection spans from 1938 to 1965 but predominantly from 1944 to 1945.

Dates: 1938-1965 and undated; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1945