Tag Archives: Cordell Hull

80 years ago, the framework for the United Nations came into focus, led by Upper Cumberland native Cordell Hull UCDD Public Historian Mark Dudney said that Hull is considered the architect of the United Nations. As World War II ended, Hull and President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked toward creating a world organization that could prevent a third world war. Dudney ... Read More »

The Right Bank Tailwater Recreation Area at Cordell Hull Dam will be closed the rest of year to stabilize the rock bluff below the dam. Construction set to take about 90 days barring extenuating circumstances. The closure will start at the end of the Turkey Creek Nature Tail parking lot near the Resource Manager’s Office. Natural Resources Program Manager Kenny ... Read More »

Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park will provide a taste of farming life in the 1870s during Hull’s Harvest Saturday. The annual event is an immersive experience simulating farming and preparing for winter. Park Manager Monique Johnson said the event is meant to showcase what life would be like as an Upper Cumberland tenant farmer. Johnson said understanding the lives of ... Read More »

The newly-established Friends of the Cordell Hull group has officially achieved its non-profit designation. Board Chair Natasha Deane said the goal of the group is to bring more recreation opportunities to the lake. Deane said hiking, fishing, and kayaking are all activities the group wants to bring through volunteering and fundraising and in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers. ... Read More »

If you are looking to start a new farm, TWRA’s sharecrop program has over 800 acres for lease starting Tuesday. Cordell Hull Wildlife Manager Johnny Poston said the farmland stretches from the Clay Jackson County line to the Cordell Hull Dam. “It would be rented for grain production of corn, soybeans and wheat,” Poston said. “We have 10 contracts, and ... Read More »

The Tennessee State Museum is celebrating 75 years of the United Nations with the help of the Friends of Cordell Hull. The Pickett County Group is lending Hull’s Nobel Peace Prize medal to the museum, as well as the first charter of the United Nations signed by Hull. Friends of Cordell Hull Treasurer Lana Rossi said Hull’s post-civil war, reconstruction ... Read More »

From the Civil War to the Great Depression to today, Clay County has had a hand in history over it’s 150 years as a county. Although the official birth date is in 1870, Historic Clay County Courthouse Curator Thomas Watson said the county was conceived in 1850. “Counties were kinda laid out as conveniences in those days,” Watson said. “Originally ... Read More »