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Loyston was a community in Union County, Tennessee, United States, that was inundated by the waters of Norris Lake after the completion of Norris Dam in 1936.〔(Union County ), Tennessee History for Kids, Inc. website〕 Established in the early 19th century around a foundry built by its namesake, John Loy, over subsequent decades the community's location along State Highway 61 helped it grow into a trading center for local farmers. By the time the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began making plans to build Norris Dam in the early 1930s, Loyston had a population of approximately 70 residents, and consisted of a post office and several small businesses.〔Michael McDonald and John Muldowny, ''Tennessee Valley Perspectives'', vol. 2, no. 3 (Spring 1972), pp. 23-27.〕 Prior to inundation, TVA conducted extensive sociological surveys of Loyston's residents, and the community was documented by photographer Lewis Hine. Most of Loyston's residents relocated elsewhere in the area, with many forming the community of New Loyston in the hills to the south. Loyston was located near where Mill Creek empties into the Clinch River, at river mile 98. Mill Creek's drainage carved a broad valley known as Big Valley, flanked on the south by Lone Mountain and on the east by Big Ridge. At Loyston, State Highway 61 intersected a major local road. The trip to Knoxville from Loyston was a drive on Highway 61 (which has since been re-routed).〔 Loyston is now under a mile-wide section of Norris Lake known as the "Loyston Sea," located along the shores of Big Ridge State Park.〔(Loyston Overlook Trail description ), Big Ridge State Park website, accessed October 11, 2008〕 ==History== In the 1780s, German immigrant Henry Sharp built a frontier fort known as "Sharp's Station" on the slopes of Big Ridge overlooking the Clinch River east of Loyston, the area having been identified by long hunters travelling down the Clinch Valley during the previous decade.〔Union County Historical Society, "(Sharp's Fort )." 1999. Retrieved: 23 October 2008.〕 In 1933, Sharp's descendants were still prominent members of the Loyston community, evidenced by names such as "Sharp's Station Methodist Episcopal Church," which was located just outside of Loyston.〔 Another notable early settler, Robert Stooksbury, moved to the Loyston area around 1800. Several dozen of Stooksbury's descendants were still living in the Loyston area in the early 1930s, some of whom operated one of the community's general stores.〔 In the early 19th century, John Loy established a foundry in the area, taking advantage of the iron ore deposits at the base of Big Ridge.〔Noble Thompson, ''A Geographic Appraisal of Union County, Tennessee'' (Tennessee Technological University, 1965), 5-8, 16.〕 The community that developed around the foundry was known variously as "Loy" and "Loy's Crossroads." When a post office was established in the community in 1866, it took the name "Loy's Cross Roads," but the name was changed to Loyston in 1894.〔(Union County Tennessee Post Offices and Postmasters ), Union County GenWeb website, accessed October 11, 2008〕 By the early 1930s, when TVA agents were surveying the Clinch River Valley for the Norris Dam Project, Loyston consisted of a post office, two general stores, a filling station, a cafe, a mill, and a barbershop. A Delco Light system provided electricity to Loyston's businesses and a few of its houses. TVA and the University of Tennessee Department of Agriculture's extension service helped Loyston families relocate, driving them to farms for sale around the region (one Loyston family required 25 such trips before finding a farm that satisfied them).〔 CCC Company 4495, which built Big Ridge State Park, was headquartered at Loyston.〔Information obtained from CCC monument near the entrance to Big Ridge State Park, 18 October 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loyston, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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