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At the invitation of Territorial Gov. William Blount, George
Roulestone and Robert Ferguson brought a printing press over
the mountains from North Carolina, and established the Knoxville
Gazette in a log cabin on the Hawkins County Courthouse
Square. On November 5,1791, the first issue of Tennessee's first
newspaper was printed. In October 1792, the Gazette was moved
to Knoxville, Blount's newly established capital.
Washington and Depot streets, courthouse lawn. Hawkins County Tennessee
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