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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1W_percy-warner-park_Nashville-TN.html
Percy Warner (1861-1927) was a pioneer in electric utilities and hydroelectric development in the South. As chairman of the Park Board, he expanded Nashville's park system. Preservation of this natural area was one of his greatest civic projects. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1R_belle-meade-farm-freedom_Nashville-TN.html
In 1865 one hundred thirty six (136) enslaved men, women, and children at Belle Meade Farm gained their freedom. With this freedom they gained the right to choose where they would live and work. Seventy-two (72) farm workers continued under the em…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1I_the-natchez-trace_Nashville-TN.html
In 1742 a European settler recorded his travel and the conditions of the path which was known as the Natchez Trace. This is the earliest known recording of the trace, a portion of which was located on the site of Belle Meade Plantation. The trace,…
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Confederate Gen. William Hicks "Billy" Jackson (1835-1903), who acquired Belle Meade Plantation after the war, served with distinction throughout the Western Theater of the Civil War. He was an excellent horseman, a skill that served him well duri…
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(overview)In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1C_war-on-the-home-front_Nashville-TN.html
William Giles Harding, the owner of Belle Meade Plantation, was an ardent Confederate supporter who provided thousands of dollars to help arm Tennessee's Confederate forces. He served on the state's Military Armaments Committee. In March 1862, he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PH_john-w-thomas_Nashville-TN.html
A native of Nashville.Forty-eight years in the serviceof the Nashville, Chattanooga &St. Louis Railway;President for twenty-two years.President of theTennessee Centennial Exposition,which resulted in securingto Nashville this Park.A worthy man in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GI_ella-sheppard-moore_Nashville-TN.html
Ella Sheppard, an original Fisk Jubilee Singer, lecturer and teacher, was born on February 4, 1851. She entered Fisk in 1868, and was selected to join the group of nine singers that set out on October 6, 1871 to raise funds to save the school. She…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM162R_thomas-green-ryman_Nashville-TN.html
A prominent riverboat captain and Nashville businessman, Thomas Ryman was known for his generous contributions of time and money to the construction of the Union Gospel Tavernacle. In 1904, the Tabernacle was renamed the Ryman Auditorium in his ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM162Q_the-seeing-eye_Nashville-TN.html
The Seeing Eye, the world-famous dog guide training school, was incorporated in Nashville January 29, 1929, with headquarters in the Fourth and First National Bank Building at 315 Union St. Morris Frank, a 20-year-old blind man from Nashville, and…
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