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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVK_poplar-creek-seminary_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
Wheat Community Citizens established the Poplar Creek Seminary in 1877 as a center of higher education for area children. The Seminary's name was changed in 1886 to Roane College, chartered by the state of Tennessee as an accredited college. At it…
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The Wheat Community was settled during the middle of the 19th century and took its name from the first postmaster, Frank Wheat. The area had originally been known as Bald Hill. Roane College, a liberal arts college, operated here from 1886-1908. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C4P_erected-in-memory-of-new-bethel-baptist-church_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
Opened 1851 - Closed 1942 Church building Stood 47 feet in front of this stoneIn Memory of our Dead And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any mo…
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In 1943, Oak Ridge was created as the residential center for the Clinton Engineering Works. Located on the northeast corner of a 59,000-acre reservation acquired by the government in 1942, the community was designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merril…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSTO_kingston_Kingston-TN.html
(west side)The Second Capital of Tennessee In 1806, the General Assembly of Tennessee passed a resolution that its next meeting be "at the town of Kingston near South-West Point." On Monday, September 21, 1807, the General Assembly met at Kings…
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To the Glory of Godand in loving memory ofthe American soldiers andsailors of the War of 1812who enlisted here. This tablet is erected bythe Tennessee NationalSociety United StatesDaughters of 1812 and theCourt of Roane County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLTN_capitol-for-a-day_Kingston-TN.html
On Sept 21 1807, the State Legislature met on this site, and immediately resolved to "adjourn forthwith from Kingston," to meet in Knoxville on the 23rd. This brief meeting was in technical fulfillment of terms in a treaty with the Cherokees by wh…
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