Editing Sequatchie County, Tennessee (section)

==History==

Sequatchie County was created in 1857 from two districts of Marion County and one district of Bledsoe County. It was named for the Sequatchie Valley, which in turn had been named for a Cherokee chief. The word ''sequachee'' from {{Lang|chr|ᏏᏆ ᎤᏤᏥᏍᏘ}} {{Transliteration|chr|siqua utsedsdi}} in [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]] means 'opossum' or 'he grins.'<ref>"[http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/sep/18/sequatchie-valley-called-a-magnet-for/ Sequatchie Valley Called a 'Magnet' for Visitors]," ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', September 18, 2011. Retrieved: November 5, 2013.</ref>  Settlers began arriving in what is now Sequatchie by the early 19th century, drawn to the area by the fertile land in the valley.<ref name=tehc />

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.<ref>Oliver Perry Temple, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=g8xYAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22The+detailed+vote+of+the+several+counties+was+as+follows%22&pg=PA199 East Tennessee and the Civil War]'' (R. Clarke Company, 1899), p. 199.</ref>  In October 1863, Confederate General [[Joseph Wheeler]] led a raid into Sequatchie, burning nearly a thousand wagons and capturing livestock.<ref name=tehc />

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 oven]]s, now known as the [[Dunlap Coke Ovens]], to convert coal into [[coke (fuel)|coke]]. The ovens are now the focus of a local park.<ref name=tehc />