Editing Milan, Tennessee (section)

==History==
In 1858, the city of Milan was established on the lands of B. A. Williamson and John Sanford; a small house was erected and a grocery opened by John G. Shepherd.  The following year, the U.S. Post Office in Shady Grove was transferred to Milan.  The first physicians, W. R. Rooks and J. B. Hinson, arrived in 1860.<ref name="GCHist" />

In 1866, Milan was incorporated by an act of the Tennessee Legislature; John G. Shepherd was the first mayor.  The ''Milan Times'', Milan's first newspaper, was established in 1869; it was only continued for a few months.<ref name="GCHist" /><ref name="TNBB" />

In 1873, the completion of the Illinois Central Railroad brought importance to the town as a commercial point.  The following year, W. A. Wade established the ''Milan Exchange'' newspaper.  The Grand Pacific Hotel was erected at the railway junction in 1878.<ref name="GCHist" />

In 1941, Clemmer Clinic became the city's first acute care facility.  In the same year, construction began on the Wolf Creek Ordinance Plant and the Milan Ordinance Depot; these facilities merged in 1945 to become the Milan Arsenal.<ref name="MGH">{{cite web|url=http://www.wth.org/locations/page/milan-general-hospital |title=West Tennessee Healthcare - Milan General Hospital |publisher=WTH.org |access-date=July 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name="MAAP Hist">{{cite web|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=915 |title=Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - Milan Arsenal |publisher=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net |date=December 25, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2013}}</ref> In 1949, Milan organized the first [[Little League Baseball|little league]] team in the [[Mid-South (region)|mid-south]].<ref name=GCSCB126>{{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Najanna |title=Gibson County Sesquicentennial Commemorative Booklet |publisher=Gibson County Sesquicentennial Celebration, Inc. |year=1973 |page=126}}</ref>

In 1950, the Milan National Guard became one of the first two in the nation to be federalized into active duty.<ref name=GCSCB126 /> In 1951, led by Dr. Robert P. Denney, Milan became the first city in Tennessee, second in the Southeast, to fluoridate its drinking water.<ref name="flouridation" />

In 1965, the ''Milan Mirror'' newspaper was founded. The paper merged with the ''Milan Exchange'' in 1977 to become the ''Milan Mirror-Exchange''.<ref name="MME">{{cite web |url=http://www.milanmirrorexchange.com/1660/1262/about-us |title=Milan Mirror-Exchange - About Us |publisher=MilanMirrorExchange.com |access-date=July 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218021619/http://www.milanmirrorexchange.com/1660/1262/about-us |archive-date=February 18, 2013 }}</ref>

In 1981, the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experimentation Station in Milan became the birthplace of no-till farming in Tennessee.<ref name="notill" />

===Historical sites===
The City of Milan is home to several historical sites listed on the NRHP.<ref name="NRHP" />
*On June 28, 1974, the Browning House, located on the Milan Army Ammunition Plant, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
*On July 5, 1985, Union Central School, located on Union Central Rd., was added to the NRHP.
*On July 9, 1987, the Milan Post Office, located at 382 S. Main St., was added to the NRHP.  The Post Office was built by [[Algernon Blair|Algernon Blair, inc.]]
*On March 12, 2012, the Gibson County Training School, located at 1041 S. Harris St., was added to the NRHP.