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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19T0_founder-of-bristol_Bristol-TN.html
Erected in 2010 in honor of Joseph Rhea Anderson (1819-1888) who founded the original Town of Bristol, Virginal/Tennessee in 1852. Both sides of the town were given recognition on the official records of the time. He erected the first building in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SW_city-historian_Bristol-TN.html
Erected by friends in honor of V.N. "Bud" Phillips who came to Bristol as a total stranger on August 20, 1953 yet in time became one of her best known, highly respected and influential citizenso much so that "Bud Phillips Day" was celebrated in Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SQ_east-hill-cemetery_Bristol-TN.html
During the Civil War, Bristol was a strategic location on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The Confederate Medical Corps established hospitals in the town, which soon became an important medical center. Wounded soldiers were brought by ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUWI_the-bristol-municipal-stadium_Bristol-TN.html
The Bristol Municipal Stadium was built with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration between 1934 and 1937. The stone came from nearby Beaver Creek. A dedication ceremony was held on October 8, 1936, before the Tennessee High and Scien…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUUG_evan-shelbys-fort_Bristol-TN.html
This fort was erected on high ground about two blocks south, in 1771, for protection of the pioneer settlers. From it went forces to the battles of Point Pleasant, Long Island Flats and Chickamauga Towns. Here also occurred the preliminary plannin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNXA_shelbys-fort_Bristol-TN.html
General Evan Shelby erected a fort here in 1771 that sheltered and protected pioneers and sent victorious forces to the battles of Point Pleasant, Long Island Flats and Chicamauga Towns
Here was conceived by Shelby, Campbell and Sevier, an expe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4S_historic-bristol_Bristol-TN.html
Evan Shelby, noted Indian fighter, settled here about 1765 on a tract called "Sapling Grove". His home was a neighborhood fort, the refuge of settlers in Indian attacks. Bristol grew around this place and became an early railroad center.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFOK_ralph-s-peer_Bristol-TN.html
Ralph S. Peer was born in 1892 in Independence, Missouri. He grew up in the record business, working in the shop where his father sold phonographs and recordings for the Columbia Graphophone Company.
After service in WWI, as a talent scout for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFB7_civil-war-memorial_Bristol-TN.html
Presented by Col. J.M.Barker of Bristol, Tenn. to the Chapter of the U.D.C. in memory of the brave men and noble women of Tennessee and Virgina from 1861 to 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5F_king-college_Bristol-TN.html
Located 4 miles to the east in Bristol, Tennessee. Founded in 1867 by the Reverend James King and other Presbyterian leaders to provide "a thorough classical and scientific training, combined with moral and religious instruction." Since 1915 this …