Jere Baxter: Attempted to break the monopoly of the L&N with the creation of his own rail line called the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Started a textile business in Knoxville to challenge the Lowell System of Massachusetts Attempted to break the L&N monopoly with the creation of the Tennessee Central Railroad Attempted to establish an iron works in Chattanooga

Jere Baxter: Attempted to break the monopoly of the L&N with the creation of his own rail line called the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Started a textile business in Knoxville to challenge the Lowell System of Massachusetts Attempted to break the L&N monopoly with the creation of the Tennessee Central Railroad Attempted to establish an iron works in Chattanooga