Tennessee
Tracy City -- 1.. Where do you live (give city, state/province, country, continent)? I live in Tracy City, TN,USA, North America,on the Earth God created in six days.
2.. What interesting places are there to see near you? Near Tracy City, TN there are many natural wilderness area, state parks, scenic locations, historic places of interest and entertainment attractions within driving distance for one day trips or over night and weekend trips..Right in town we have an old bakery making traditional German baked food items. We have Grundy Lakes for waking and swimming, with the old coke ovens on site of historical interest. About an hour's drive away there is the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. Chickamauga Battlefield is just south of the city into Georgia. Toward North Carolina is the Smokies National Park and to the north is Fall Creek Falls State Park.
3.. What is the climate like where you live? (example: average rainfall, temperatures, variations in weather) Where we live the winters are mild and wet, the spring brings color and life to bare branches and drab hills. Summers are hot and muggy and buggy. Fall is the season I like best because the weather is cool and crisp and it is not usually rainy.
4.. What is the land like where you live? (example: mountains, plains, etc.) The land has mountains and valleys. Of special interest is the formation of the Sequatchie Valley which they say is translated the 'pig's trough.' The Tennessee River is not far from our home and it's valley provides farmland and recreation of many types of interest.
5.. Are there any interesting plants or animals in your area? If so, please tell me about them. The deer and bear, coyotes and skunks, raccoons and opossums form most of the wild life in the area. We have lots of birds and frogs, fish and insects, too. The flora (plants) are wide and varied here because of the fact that we are located where many weather and geographical types come together so they share some of their characteristics with us.
6.. What items (foods, hi-tech, manufactured items, etc.) are produced in your area?
There are a number of farm crops raised in our area; soybeans, corn tomatoes,
watermelons, pumpkins, tobacco, cotton, peaches and apples, and
strawberries. Also leather is processed is the tannery in Chattanooga, cars and their
parts made or assembled in Tennessee. Tennessee is the home of Country Music and has
produce some fine breeding and show horses over the year.
7.. What natural resources are found in your area? Tennessee has abundant sources of water power, wood in forests, good soil for farming and raising livestock. It has mineral resources of coal, gas, and oil, though the last two have not been explored to any extent.
8.. Anything else you think might be of interest. Tennessee has a wide and varied historical and geographical input into the development and growth of the United States of America over the last three centuries. I personally have relatives that came from England in the early sixteen hundreds. Some of them ended up in the Grassy Cove area around the time of the Civil War so I have a interest in the history of this area from a personal stand point.
Livingston -- 1.. Where do you live (give city, state/province, country, continent)? Livingston, Tennessee, United States, North America
2.. What interesting places are there to see near you? Not much. In Tennessee it's kind of boring.
3.. What is the climate like where you live? (example: average rainfall,temperatures, variations in weather) I don't know the average rainfall, but it rains probably 3 times a week here, but sometimes we have dry spells, and the weather right now is pretty warm.... it's humid and cloudy right at this moment though.
4.. What is the land like where you live? (example: mountains, plains, etc.) There's mountains you can see in the distance, it's green here-no mountains with snow on them, it's rolling green hills, but some flat areas around where I live, and I live in a clearing-thing in the woods with fields on one side of the house.
5.. Are there any interesting plants or animals in your area? If so, please tell me about them. Not really, but there's wildflowers and lots of trees, etc. Lots of cows around here.
6.. What items (foods, hi-tech, manufactured items, etc.) are produced in your area? I don't know.
7.. What natural resources are found in your area? Well........ I honestly don't know, but if you really want the answer, just email me and I'll look it up for you.
8.. Anything else you think might be of interest. I can't think of anything else right now.
Dayton -- 1. I live on Dayton Mountain, Tennessee,U.S.A.
2. (a)We live about an hours drive from Fall Creek Falls, a beautiful state park near Spencer,TN. It has three gorgeous waterfalls, a lake for boating, fishing, swimming, etc., peaceful hiking & bicycling trails,a visitors center, camping, lodges,etc. (b)The historic Trail of Tears comes right through Dayton, & it is believed that Ogden road that goes right by us is part of it.(c) Also the Smoky Mountains, including Cades Cove, part of the national forest,with a camp ground & a loop that you can drive or bicycle, known for the deer, turkeys, black bears, & other wildlife seen there,including the more scarcely seen wolves, wild boar,etc.(d) Another tourist attraction is Gatlinburg, TN, with it's many gift & handy craft shops, restaurants, etc.
3. Average yearly rainfall:52-56 in. Average January day temperatures:48-50 degrees Fahrenheit; average night temperatures:30-32 degrees Fahrenheit. Average July day temperatures:86-88 degrees Fahrenheit; average night temperatures:60- 64 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. The land is mountainous where we live.
5. In the spring & fall we have a lot of wildflowers here, including daisies, violets, bluets, cinquefoil,azaleas, goldenrod, asters, etc. In the woods sometimes you find lady slippers,& many other flowers. We also have a lot of wildlife: deer, rabbits, raccoons, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks,minks,weasels, wild turkeys, bobcats, coyotes, etc. The deer & rabbits will eat our garden, so we have to plant things they don't like! Rabbits play in our back yard, deer come to the salt lick a few feet from our house, a couple times turkeys have meandered though our back yard, & once a bobcat was sunning himself in our back yard just like a house cat, after having halfheartedly chased the rabbit that was there!
6. Common crops: cabbage, tomatoes,corn,apples,etc. Oren Wooden's apple orchards & Apple House is just a few miles down the road.
7. Coal, pulp wood, rock quarries, including Majestic Stone, Inc., a couple miles away.
8. There are a number of colleges in our area: Southern Adventist University, Brian College, Chattanooga State, Tennessee Temple University, University of Tennessee,etc.