Elizabeth Bryan Patten, longtime leader in historic preservation and beautification, in her 1959 "A History of Summertown on Walden s Ridge," wrote of the early years of the valley below starting with its opening to settlers following the Hiwassee Purchase of 1819.
As the news that former Sen. Newell Sanders had died spread across Chattanooga and the nation, tributes began appearing in newspapers, none more eloquent than the opening lines of a Chattanooga News tribute.