Tullahoma Wedding

Tullahoma is a city in Coffee County and Franklin County, Tennessee, in the south-central part of the state. The population was 17,994 at the 2000 census. The 2004 census estimate is 18,677. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, smaller towns which nevertheless function as significant economic hubs.

Tullahoma was founded in 1852 as a work camp along the new Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Its name is generally thought to be taken from a local Native American language, and might mean something like "red dirt." An alternative explanation (see Sam Davis Elliott's Soldier of Tennessee and sources cited therein) of the name is that Peter Decherd, who donated the land for the railroad right-of-way (and was therefore given the right to name two stations along the line), named one station Decherd, and the other Tulkahoma (later corrupted to Tullahoma). Tulkahoma was the name of Decherd's favorite horse, which was itself named for an Indian chief his grandfather had captured. Whatever the origin, Tullahoma is certainly one of the few towns in the world which shares its name with no other place.