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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJV_outer-breastworks_Henning-TN.html
The Confederates constructed this fortification, 3 ½ miles in length, with ends terminating at the river bluff, as protection against an attack by land. The Outer Breastworks were designed by General Leonidas Polk and built by Captain Montgom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJQ_dyersburg-army-airfield_Halls-TN.html
The airfield located one half mile east of here was in operation from 1942 to 1945. Thousands of airmen took their last statewide training here before going into combat overseas. Training received here in flying B-17 Flying Fortresses played a key…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJP_key-corner_Halls-TN.html
About 4 miles west on Forked Deer River, Henry Rutherford, North Carolina surveyor, chose a spot as the point of origin for his surveys of the Western District in 1785. To identify the "key corner" he carved his initials and surveyor's mark on a l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNUS_alex-haleys-boyhood-home_Henning-TN.html
Will Palmer, a prominent Henning businessman, built this house in 1918-19, Palmer's grandson Alex Haley lived here from 1921 to 1929 and later spent many summers with his grand-parents. It was on the porch that he heard the stories told by his gra…
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