educational
Lecture: From Territory to State — Tennessee's Path to 1796
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Rocky Mount State Historic Site
Free with regular admission ($12 Adult, $10 Senior, $8 Child)
How did a frontier territory become the 16th state? This lecture traces the political, social, and economic forces that drove Tennessee from its organization as the Southwest Territory in 1790 to statehood in 1796. Part of the America 250 lecture series at Rocky Mount.