Sweetwater was established in the 1850s on a series of lots sold by Isaac Lenoir (1807â1875), a local politician and son of the founder of Lenoir City (located a few miles to the northeast in Loudon County). Sweetwater was officially incorporated in 1875.
Armand Goldman (Robin Williams), Valâs father, is the owner of the Birdcage an illustrious South Beach nightclub that features a nightly drag show staring âStarinaâ (Nathan Lane) Armandâs partner and their housekeeper Agador (Hank Azaria).
This birdâin the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo familyâhas been called the âclown of the desertâ since 1928. By at least 1932, the âroadrunnerâ was also referred to as the âTexas bird of paradise.â. In the 1950s, a plant also called the âTexas bird of paradiseâ appeared in print in Brownsville and San Antonio newspapers.