Dollywood first started as a theme park called Rebel Railroad, then Goldrush Junction, then simply Goldrush, and finally Silver Dollar City Tennessee.
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Fun Fact: The Tennessee Governor Who Banned Drag Queens Wore Women’s Clothing
Despite a recent bill he signed which criminalized some events for drag queens, Tennessee governor Bill Lee dressed in women’s clothing as young man in 1977.
Fun Fact: Founder of Vanderbilt University
Cornelius Vanderbilt was not only the founder of an amazing family empire of wealth but also an act of charity he also founded Vanderbilt University.
(Not So) Fun Fact: The Creepy Way Rep John Rose Met His Wife
John Rose currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives serving Tennessee’s 6th district as a Republican. He and his wife first crossed paths at a convention when she was only 17 and he was 41. Four years later, they married.
Fun Fact: Republican Hypocrite Scott DesJarlais
During the 2010 congressional elections, many new (Tea Party) Republicans were elected, one of them being Scott DesJarlais. Despite running on “family-values” and having a “pro-life” stance, DesJarlai was revealed to had many affairs with co-workers and patients during his career as a doctor (which is against the law), and he had pressured a mistress…