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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/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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6W_the-tva-system-of-multi-purpose-dams-historical_Rocky-Top-TN.html
The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Houston and the French Broad Rivers join. The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ERT_stone-mill_Caryville-TN.html
1.5 miles to the southeast on Cove Creek. Joel E. Stone built a dam, grist mill and a saw mill, which he and his family operated until 1934 when Norris Lake was raised. The mill served the surrounding area as a community center and whistle-stop fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ERH_big-creek-gap_La-Follette-TN.html
The road in front of you winds through Big Creek Gap, one of the few natural openings through the Cumberland Mountains in the region. During the Civil War, this corridor was much narrower and steeper, and even lightly loaded wagons found travel ex…
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