TVA · Norris · Oak Ridge
From Kerosene Lamps to the Secret City
How a New Deal river project lit up poor Appalachian farms, and how that power helped bring the Manhattan Project to the hills west of Knoxville.
Read the guide →Stories
Long reads
Longer reads on how this corner of Tennessee came to be.
Deeper history lives in the East TN history hub and county pages; places are in destinations.
TVA · Norris · Oak Ridge
How a New Deal river project lit up poor Appalachian farms, and how that power helped bring the Manhattan Project to the hills west of Knoxville.
Read the guide →Explore East Tennessee