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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EW_daniel-ross_Chattanooga-TN.html
The home of this early trader and pioneer stood about 250 yards east. Born in Scotland, 1760, coming to this area in 1785, he shortly after married a daughter of John McDonald, trader, who lived at the site of Rossville, Ga. His eldest son, John, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EV_lookout-mountain_Chattanooga-TN.html
The Chattanooga area was firmly controlled by the Chickamauga Indians at the time of The American Revolution. The Cherokee Indian chiefs had signed peace and land treaties with the Colonial settlers. However, a small group of rebellious Cherokees …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EU_camp-ross_Chattanooga-TN.html
To the east, at the mouth of Chattanooga Creek, was this supply base for Tennessee troops during the Creek War of 1812-13. The river here forms Moccasin Bend in its efforts to break through the mountains.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ET_bonny-oaks-school_Chattanooga-TN.html
A Hamilton County InstitutionFounded 1896? ? ? Authorized by Act of the General Assembly, 1895. The first Board of Trustees met March 7th 1896. Present were the Reverend J.W. Bachman, President: Major Charles D. McGuffy, Secretary: J.S. Bell, Trea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EN_battle-of-wauhatchie_Chattanooga-TN.html
2½ mi. Here 3 brigades of hood's Division, Confederate Army of Tennessee under Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins, made a night attack against Geary's Division of the XII Corps, guarding the recently opened "Cracker Line" to Bridgeport, Ala. The attack…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EM_browns-ferry_Chattanooga-TN.html
About 3.3 miles north, near the route of the Great War and Trading Path, John Brown, a Cherokee half-breed, established a ferry and tavern in 1800. It was much used by drovers going to and from markets. Legends say that some were robbed and murder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EI_g-w-franklin_Chattanooga-TN.html
1865-1928 G. W. Franklin was born in Quitman, Georgia. He operated four businesses: blacksmithing, a hack line, a wood and coal yard, and an undertaking establishment. In 1894 Franklin moved his undertaking business to Chattanooga. He was a member…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EE_carver-memorial-hospital_Chattanooga-TN.html
Carver Memorial, a hospital for Negroes, opened on June 18, 1947, in the Old West Ellis Hospital Building. Named for George Washington Carver, this health-care facility is said to have been the first municipally-owned, tax-supported hospital in Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AB_military-history-of-chattanooga_Chattanooga-TN.html
This city was first occupied by Confederate troops in the spring of 1862 under Generals Floyd, Maxey and Leadbetter. Union troops under General Mitchell Shelled it June 7 and 8. Bragg's Army occupied it in August preparing for the Kentucky campaig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMW_brainerd-mission_Chattanooga-TN.html
Established 1817 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, it played an important part in the educational development and Christianizing of the Cherokee. Brainerd Cemetery contains graves of whites and Indians who died at the Mi…