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East South-Central States: Kentucky, Tennessee

north, the Mississippi on the west, and the Tennessee River on the east. This flat, swampy area is named for Andrew Jackson, who later became president of the United States. He bought this land and part of what is now Tennessee from the Chickasaw tribe in 1818.

Coal is mined in this rocky, hilly region. The Ohio River forms the west- ern border of the coalfields. A small strip of good farmland lies along the river. The Jackson Purchase is in southwestern Kentucky. It is surround- ed by three rivers: the Ohio on the

Fall leaves bring bright colors to this Cumberland River valley in southeastern Kentucky.