The Ultimate Fighting Championship has reached the second half of its 2014 pay-per-view fight schedule that promises to provide some of the most watched fights in UFC history.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Written By: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.
Great Depression. This agency continues to be very important to the economy of Tennessee and the other states along the Tennessee River Valley it serves today. During the Great Depression, most people who lived in the Tennessee River Valley were very poor. Jobs were few, and many of the farms had been damaged by soil erosion. Providing electricity Before the TVA, most Tennesseans who lived outside of cities and towns did not have electricity.