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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26H_united-nations-visit-to-nashville_Nashville-TN.html
On June 7, 1976, 101 permanent representatives of the United Nations made a historic and unprecedented group visit to Nashville at the invitation of Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton and Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton. During the visit, the United Na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268_freelands-station_Nashville-TN.html
On this site stood one of the principal stations of the Cumberland Settlements. Felix Robertson, son of Col. James Robertson and the first white child born in the Settlement, was born here, Jan. 11, 1781. On Jan. 15 the fort was heavily attacked b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I_theodore-ted-rhodes_Nashville-TN.html
November 9, 1913 - July 4, 1969 Recognized as the first African-American professional golfer, Theodore "Ted" Rhodes, a native of Nashville, competed on the United Golf Association Tour. A predominately black tour, Rhodes won 150 tournaments from l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25H_saint-cecilia-academy_Nashville-TN.html
The name Saint Cecilia, patroness of music was chosen for a grammar and high school for girls, opened in October 1860 by four Sisters who had moved to this site from Saint Mary's Convent, Third Order of Saint Dominic, Somerset, Ohio on August 17, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7_griggs-hall_Nashville-TN.html
Built in 1925, Griggs Hall is the original building on the American Baptist Theological Seminary campus, now American Baptist College. It was named for father and son, Drs. Allen R. and Sutton E. Griggs. In 1901, the younger Griggs founded and ope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120_manskers-first-fort_Goodlettsville-TN.html
Here on west bank of the creek that he discovered in 1772, Kasper Mansker and other first settlers built a log fort in 1779. John Donelson's family fled here in 1780 for safety from Indians. Mansker abandoned the fort in 1781 and moved to Fort Nas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11Z_william-bowen-house_Goodlettsville-TN.html
Near Mansker's Creek stands a rare example of Federal architecture built by Capt. William Bowen and Mary Henley Russell. Bowen, an early pioneer and Indian fighter had served in the French & Indian and Revolutionary wars before moving his family t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11X_goodlettsville-cumberland-presbyterian-church_Goodlettsville-TN.html
In 1843, Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized near Mansker Creek and was originally known as Mansker Creek Congregation. In January 1848, the church moved to the present location and burned in 1901. The present edifice was b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXO_casper-mansker_Goodlettsville-TN.html
Two blocks west is the grave of this renowned frontiersman and Goodlettsville's first citizen. Coming first to the Cumberland Settlements in 1770, he returned in 1780 and built his fort one-half mile north on Mansker's creek. He repeatedly fought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWE_manskers-station_Goodlettsville-TN.html
Here, near Mansker's Lick, Casper Mansker established a station of the Cumberland Settlements in 1780. The road connecting with Nashboro was built in 1781. John Donelson and his family moved here after abandoning his Clover Bottom Station, followi…