Editing Goodlettsville, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Long hunter and early Middle Tennessee settler Kasper Mansker was reportedly born on an immigrant ship bound for the American colonies. Little is known about his German ancestry or his early life. Mansker began to explore the wilds of Kentucky and Tennessee with a group of long hunters in 1769. A journey taken in 1772 introduced Mansker to the rich resources of Middle Tennessee, especially what is now Sumner and Davidson Counties.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Haywood |first1=John |url=http://archive.org/details/civilpoliticalhi00hayw |title=The civil and political history of the state of Tennessee from its earliest settlement up to the year 1796, including the boundaries of the state |last2=Colyar |first2=Arthur St Clair |last3=Armstrong |first3=Zella |date=1891 |publisher=Nashville, Tenn., Publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal church, South |others=The Library of Congress}}</ref> Near a salt lick and a large creek now known as Mansker's Creek in the present-day city of Goodlettsville, Mansker established his own fortified station, Mansker's Station, in the winter of 1779–1780, which was a winter remembered for its severe temperatures.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carr |first=John |url=http://archive.org/details/earlytimesinmidd0000carr |title=Early times in middle Tennessee |date=1857 |publisher=Nashville, Tenn. : Pub. for E. Carr, by E. Stevenson & F. A. Owens |others=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Goodlettsville was named for A. G. Goodlett, pastor of the [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] from 1848 to 1853.<ref>Robert S. Brandt, ''Touring Middle Tennessee Backroads'', John F. Blair, Publisher, July 1, 1995, p. 6 [https://books.google.com/books?id=z6ntnxM0s20C&dq=%22a.+g.+goodlett%22+AND+goodlettsville&pg=PA6]</ref>

In April 1892, two daughters of the white Bruce family of Goodlettsville claimed to have been assaulted. African-American brothers Ephraim and Henry Grizzard were arrested as suspects. Henry was lynched and hanged in the town on April 24, 1892. His brother Ephraim had been jailed in Nashville for the same incident. On April 30, 1892, [[Ephraim Grizzard]] was taken from jail and [[lynching in the United States|lynched]] by a mob of 10,000 in the courthouse square. His body was taken to Goodlettsville, where it was burned.<ref name="richmondthemobhaditsway">{{cite news |date=1892-05-02 |title=The Mob Had Its Way. Ephraim Grizzard Taken from Jail at Nashville and Lynched |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-richmond-item-the-mob-had-its-way/168559555/ |url-access= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322130558/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-richmond-item-the-mob-had-its-way/168559555/ |archive-date=2025-03-22 |access-date=2025-03-22 |work=The Richmond Item |location=Richmond, Virginia |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===21st century===
Among the industries established in Goodlettsville is a [[Tyson Foods]] plant. As the  [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Tennessee|COVID-19 pandemic]] spread in the state and city in the spring of 2020, the Metro Health department investigated a reported cluster of [[COVID-19]] cases in April among employees working at the plant. They worked in close quarters and had difficulty avoiding contracting the disease, especially at a time when so little was known about its transmission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2020/04/10/coronavirus-tennessee-updates-covid-19-cases/5125728002/|title=April 10 coronavirus updates: Metro Health investigating cluster of cases at Goodlettsville Tyson Foods plant|date=April 11, 2020|first1=Mariah |last1=Timms|first2=Natalie Neysa|last2=Alund|work=[[The Tennessean]]}}</ref> On April 22, 2020, 120 of the approximately 1,600 employees were confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2020/04/10/coronavirus-tennessee-updates-covid-19-cases/5125728002/|title=More than 100 Tyson workers test positive for COVID-19 in Goodlettsville|date=April 22, 2020|work=[[WTVF]]}}</ref> The [[Centers for Disease Control]] (CDC) and [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) participated in this investigation.<ref name="VP"/> Food processing plants proved to be high-risk environments for frontline employees as the pandemic progressed, although the company instituted social distancing and other measures. By May 22, 2020, some 345 Tyson employees had contracted COVID-19 at this plant. Another nearby plant had been closed to allow deep cleaning.<ref name="VP">{{cite web|url=https://fox17.com/news/local/tyson-vp-says-he-would-feel-safe-working-at-goodlettsville-plant-with-345-covid-19-cases| title=Tyson VP says he would 'feel safe' working at Goodlettsville plant with 345 COVID-19 |last1=Jorge|first1=Kaylin |last2= Hilton|first2=AJ|date=May 22, 2020|access-date=May 2, 2022|publisher=FOX17.com}}</ref>