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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28IU_j-c-turnleys-mill-place-grindstone_Dandridge-TN.html
Around 1820 to 1837, this large 38-inch diameter grindstone was used at John Cunningham (J.C.) Turnley's farm known as the Mill Place. J.C. Turnley was the founder of Oak Grove and built the Mill Place upstream from Hay's Ferry on the south side o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WIC_fighting-at-dandridge-historical_Dandridge-TN.html
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In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E, Burnside's army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W9S_fighting-at-dandridge-historical_Dandridge-TN.html
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In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E, Burnside's army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWY_samuel-mcspadden_Dandridge-TN.html
Samuel McSpadden, powdermaker and Revolutionary War veteran, build this house in 1804, and died here on August 3, 1844. From a crude powdermill located 1/4 north he sent flatboats loaded with gunpowder to New Orleans, where General Andrew Jackson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFP_battle-of-hays-ferry_Dandridge-TN.html
(preface)In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside' s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFN_the-dike-that-saved-dandridge_Dandridge-TN.html
A portion of the town of Dandridge would have been flooded by the waters of Douglas Lake if the Tennessee Valley Authority had not built a dike. The top of the dike is an elevation of 1009 feet, seven feet above the dam's crest gates. All of the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFL_attack-on-dandridge_Dandridge-TN.html
(preface)In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside' s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ0M_pine-chapel_Dandridge-TN.html
"In commemoration of Pine Chapel Cemetery one half mile north of this spot, and Pine Chapel Methodist Church on this spot about 1787, together with Pine Chapel School House near this spot, being the first public institutions in the Wilderness. Ere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMITW_stokely-van-camp-inc_Dandridge-TN.html
Side AOne-half mile south, on Seehorn Creek, the first Stokely Brothers cannery was built in 1898 with $3,900 invested by Colonel Alfred R. Swann, Anna Rorex Stokely, and her sons, James and John. In the 30 ~ by ~ 60 ~ foot shed, 4,000 cases of to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMITG_battle-of-dandridge_Dandridge-TN.html
A critical point in the bitter cavalry actions during Longstreet's withdrawal to winter quarters near Morristown. The 1st Brig., 1st Cav. Div., Army of the Cumberland, coming from the NW through Dandridge, was attached at Hays' Ferry, four mi. NE,…