Pulaski, Tennessee 1865, creating rules for a secret white society. The white insurgents were determined to maintain white supremacy and to fight secretly against the political advancement of freedmen and of sympathetic whites. Chapter of the KKK quickly were organized in other parts of the state and the South. KKK members often attacked their victims at night, to increase the intimidation of threats and assaults. Other incidents of racial violence against blacks also took place. The Pulaski riot was a race riot initiated by whites against blacks that occurred in Pulaski in the summer of 1867. Martin Methodist College was founded in
Scouting in Tennessee in northwest Mississippi. The Great Smoky Mountain Council serves 21 East Tennessee counties, and is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Middle Tennessee Council serves 37 Middle Tennessee counties, and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The Sequoyah Council serves Scouts in Northeast Tennessee and Virginia. Sequoyah Council has its own summer camp called "Camp Davy Crockett", just outside Rogersville, TN. It was founded in 1972. Lincoln Heritage Council serves Scouts in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and the community of South Fulton, Tennessee (located in Obion County). Camp Mack Morris in Camden, Tennessee serves as the primary camping facility for the WTAC and