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Sequatchie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,112.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47153.html )〕 Its county seat is Dunlap.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Sequatchie County is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Sequatchie County was created in 1857 from a portion of Hamilton County.〔 It was named for the Sequatchie Valley, which in turn had been named for a Cherokee chief. The word ''sequachee'' in Cherokee means, "opossum" or "he grins or runs."〔"(Sequatchie Valley Called a 'Magnet' for Visitors )," ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', 18 September 2011. Retrieved: 5 November 2013.〕 Settlers began arriving in what is now Sequatchie by the early 19th century, drawn to the area by the fertile land in the valley.〔 At the outset of the Civil War, Sequatchie was divided over the issue of secession. On June 8, 1861, Sequatchie Countians voted in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession by a vote 153 to 100. 〔Oliver Perry Temple, ''(East Tennessee and the Civil War )'' (R. Clarke Company, 1899), p. 199.〕 In October 1863, Confederate General Joseph Wheeler led a raid into Sequatchie, burning nearly a thousand wagons and capturing livestock.〔 During the late 19th century, the Douglas Coal and Coke Company (later the Chattanooga Iron and Coal Corporation) conducted extensive mining activities in the Dunlap area. The company constructed 268 beehive ovens, now known as the Dunlap Coke Ovens, to convert coal into coke. The ovens are now the focus of a local park.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sequatchie County, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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