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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GU_norwood-inn_Greenback-TN.html
Built by John Norwood in 1820, this was a stage stop on the line from Washington, D.C., to Marietta, Ga. The Old Federal Road was 200 yards south. After operation by three generations of Norwoods, it was dismantled in 1937.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GR_tellico-blockhouse_Vonore-TN.html
The Tellico Blockhouse was a United States fortification constructed in 1794 and in use through 1807. Primarily, The Tellico Blockhouse served as a check against white settlement deeper into Cherokee lands. It also served as home to the Tellico Fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GQ_first-institution-of-higher-learning-west-of-the-allegheny-mountains_Tusculum-TN.html
First Institution of Higher Learning West of the Allegheny Mountains, chartered by the Territory of the U.S. of America South of the River Ohio Sept. 3, 1794.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29D8_mcclellans-general-store_Red-Boiling-Springs-TN.html
This three story wooden business was built in 1909 and was owned by Charles Bancroft McClellan Sr. and was a general store featuring quality merchandise. This was the first building locally with a freight elevator. The large glass windows made att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29B4_kirby-smith-invades-kentucky_Jellico-TN.html
Heth's Division, with the army's artillery and subsistence trains, passed into Kentucky through Walker's and Big Creek Gaps, while other combat elements of the Army of East Tennessee moved through Roger's Gap. The two columns reunited at Barbourvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29AW_palace-hotel_Red-Boiling-Springs-TN.html
This hotel was built in 1912 by Charles Bancroft McClellan, Sr. and was a three story wooden hotel with 185 rooms. This was the grandest hotel of Red Boiling Springs. This site was of the first hotel called the Webb Hotel and later the Dedman Hote…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29A8_conflict-in-campbell-county_Jellico-TN.html
The Civil War in Campbell County was often personal. Few residents owned slaves, and a large majority - 1,094 to 60 - voted against secession in June 1861. Local men formed what became Co. A and Co. B, 1st Tennessee Infantry (US), at the courthous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM297V_tennessee-campbell-county-kentucky_Jellico-TN.html
Campbell County
Established 1806: reportedly named in honor of Col. Arthur Campbell. Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses; Commanded 70th Regiment Virginia Militia, in the Revolution; Commissioner for negotiation of Indian Treaties in 1781.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM296L_nelson-kirby-house_Memphis-TN.html
This house was home to two owners who experienced differently the tribulations of the Civil War. The first, Thomas A. Nelson (1819-1887), acquired property on Poplar Pike in 1869 as a rural refuge from the yellow fever epidemics that periodically …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28VI_ridge-of-the-attack_Collierville-TN.html
This is a portion of the ridge where the Confederates faced the occupying Union Forces and General W. T. Sherman in the Battle of Collierville. When you look north toward the railroad and the town square you are standing in the shadows of the Conf…