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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJX_farragut-schools-early-years-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
In 1902, eight men from the community met to consider the question of establishing a high school in the 10th district of Knox County. Mr. C.H. Stoltzfus, a farmer in the community, was elected president of this group. Mass meetings for all members…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJQ_the-battle-of-campbell-station-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
On Nov. 4, 1863, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet — with two divisions, about 5,000 cavalry and approximately 12,000 troops — was detached from the Confederate Army of Tennessee near Chattanooga to attack Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJN_admiral-david-glasgow-farragut-historical_Farragut-TN.html
David Glasgow Farragut was born on July 5, 1801, to Jorge and Elizabeth Farragut at Lowe's Ferry on the Tennessee River, less than five miles from present day Farragut, Tenn. He lived in this area until 1807 when the family moved to New Orleans. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WIJ_native-american-settlement-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
Initial permanent habitation in the area we now call Farragut began approximately 3,000 years ago when the Woodland Indians moved in the area on a permanent basis and became east Tennessee's first farmers.
The Woodland tribe was replaced around…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WII_the-campbell-station-inn-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
History tells us that as early as 1785, the State of Franklin (today Tennessee) entered into an agreement, known as the Dumplin Creek Treaty, with the Cherokees. This treaty opened the land along the French Broad and Holston rivers to a rush of se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WIH_pleasant-forest-church-cemetery-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
David Campbell, who owned much of the land in the fertile region called Grassy Valley, donated a portion of it for the purpose of erecting a "Meeting House", as churches were then called. A school building at the location was about one and one qua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WIA_admiral-farraguts-birthplace-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
In front of you, on the promontory just across the cove, is where David Glasgow Farragut was born on July 5, 1801. Farragut's father, George Farragut, came to the American colonies in 1776 from Spain as a merchant sea captain. During the Revolutio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WC9_fort-dickerson-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
On November 4, 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison at Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet below Knoxville, then withdrew on November 12. Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WC7_a-national-cemetery-system-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WC6_knoxville-a-divided-city-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
In April 1861, before Tennessee seceded, Knoxville was deeply divided. Excited residents gathered in the streets and held rallies to sway public opinion. These divisions were never more visible then than during simultaneous Union and Confederate r…