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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V4P_fentress-county-pickett-county-historical_Pall-Mall-TN.html
Fentress County Established 1823; named in honor of James Fentress then speaker of the State House of Representatives, an office which he had held for four terms.Pickett County
Established 1879; named in honor of Howell L. Pickett State Repres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ES1_affair-at-travisville_Pall-Mall-TN.html
In the first military action in Tennessee during the Civil War, Union troops of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry and the Home Guards of Houstonville Cavalry attacked a Confederate encampment at Travisville on September 29, 1861. The 100 Confederate troops…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ES0_affair-at-travisville_Pall-Mall-TN.html
The first military action of the Civil War in Tennessee occurred on September 29, 1861 at Travisville. The blood spilled in this brief engagement brought the reality of the conflict home to the people of the Cumberland Mountains. Confederate Gen. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AKM_tennessee-lead_Monroe-TN.html
Near here in November, 1852, a black and tan hound was stolen out of a deer chase by a horse trader, taken to Madison County, Kentucky, sold to George Washington Maupin. There, as Tennessee Lead, he became the foundation sire of all Walker, Trigg …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AKJ_cordell-hull_Byrdstown-TN.html
His birthplace stands north of the road. A member of the General Assembly at 21, later a captain in the war with Spain, he was 24 years in Congress, later a Senator, Secretary of State 12 years, his efforts in behalf of the United Nations earned h…