Mr. Speaker. on Thursday. April 22. this year. the day will mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of one of the finest towns in the United StatesDickson. Tennessee. Dickson was first chartered 1873 after Mr. C. Berringer of Allegheny County. Pa.. established a colony of farmers and mechanics. who. like Berringer. were immigrants from Pennsylvania. Berringer first purchased the land in 1857 and began plotting lots and sold them on the real estate market. The name of the colony. Smeedsville. was eventually changed to Dickson in 1873 when the town was chartered. but that charter was lost and never recovered.
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