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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25ML_shoal-creek-mill-stone_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
This mill stone was discovered in Shoal Creek just below where Crockett Falls is today. This is the "runner" stone from an over runner gristmill, that would have ground corn into meal. Crockett's mill was located in that general area in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2141_they-passed-this-way_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
Long time we travel on way to new land... Womens cry...Children Cry and men cry...but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep on go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much. Recollection of a survivor of the Trail of Tears …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2140_retracing-the-trail-of-tears_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
The Bell Route On October 11, 1838, 660 Cherokee led by John Adair Bell left from Fort Cass (present day Charleston, Tennessee) to begin an arduous 700-mile journey. Weak and miserable from being held in removal camps, the people in the Bell deta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213Z_red-tailed-hawk_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
Red-Tailed Hawks are probably the most common hawk in North America. If you've got sharp eyes you'll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks are often seen soaring above open fields, gracefully turning circl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213Y_david-crockett_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
The Frontier Industrialist Using probably every cent of her inheritance and savings, Elizabeth Patton Crockett invested in a business venture with her husband that made sense to growing frontier community. She and David built a crude industrial c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213H_welcome-to-david-crocket-state-park_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
In the summer of 1817, just before his 31st birthday, David Crockett entered Lawrence County with his second wife Elizabeth (his first wife, Polly, died in 1815), her two children from her first husband (James Patton, died in the Creek Indian War …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213G_a-summary-of-the-life-of-davy-crockett_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
Be always sure you are right, then go ahead!" · Raised in frontier poverty without any education until he is a teenager, David is often hired out to others for additional income while still a child; once held against his will unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213F_1876-1836-david-crockett_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
In the 49 years that David Crockett called Tennessee his home he migrated from one end of the Volunteer state to the other. From his birthplace near Limestone on the banks of the Nolichucky River to his last home in present day Rutherford (Gibson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X64_methodist-church-and-masonic-lodge-1908-historical_Loretto-TN.html
(side 1) An agreement was made with the Masons to build and share the two-story wood clapboard building. Different protestant denominations contributed labor, materials, and money. The graveyard, donated in 1908, became Loretto Cemetery after the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAC_the-old-natchez-trace_Lawrenceburg-TN.html
(Marker #1) A Ride on the Old Natchez Trace From this point you may drive over a mile and a half of the Old Trace and see for yourself this frontier road much as it appeared in the early 1800's. En route, stop at the three scenic overlooks …
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