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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BMA_pine-grove-rural-community_Sevierville-TN.html
Pine Grove was once a rural community of sprawling farmlands before it was enveloped by the rapidly expanding vacation city of Pigeon Forge in the early 1980s. The frontier settlement first became known as Fort Wear in the 1780s when Revolutionary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23DY_battle-of-fair-garden_Sevierville-TN.html
On January 25, 1864, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet ordered Gen. William T. Martin to eject Union cavalry from an area south of the French Broad River stretching from Dandridge to the Little Pigeon River. The next day, Union Gen. Samuel D. Stur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WCA_knox-county-sevier-county-historical_Seymour-TN.html
Knox CountyEstablished 1792; named in honor of Maj. Gen. Henry Knox Washington's Chief of Artillery in the Revolutionary War. Secretary of War in Washington's Cabinet. One of the founders and first Secretery of the Society of Cincinnati.Sevier Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WBL_sweden-furnace-historical_Sevierville-TN.html
5 miles northwest, this was first called Short Mountain Furnace, using local orebank ore. Started about 1820 by Robert Shields; William K. Love and brothers operated it about 1830. Micajah C. Rogers bought it and changed its name in 1836. It close…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWS_native-american-sea-eagle-historical_Pigeon-Forge-TN.html
Did you know...*Our National bird is of the order falconiformes and first appeared 25 million years ago. It is the only native American eagle & the only eagle species living strictly in North America.
*This regal-looking bird is a superb hunte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWR_the-american-black-bear-historical_Gatlinburg-TN.html
Between 400 and 600 black bears live in the park, and you could see one almost anywhere. Most bears stay in the backcountry where they feed on grass, leaves, and acorns, fruits, berries, rodents, and carrion. Only a few visit roadsides and develop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T60_early-pigeon-forge-historical_Pigeon-Forge-TN.html
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Pigeon Forge was a busy farming community. Merchants, millers, blacksmiths, and other businesses clustered around the Pigeon Forge Mills to support local agriculture. J.A. Householder and Son advertised i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T5Z_first-baptist-church-pigeon-forge-historical_Pigeon-Forge-TN.html
Memories of First Baptist Church Pigeon Forge bring to mind a congregation whose fellowship was warm and rich, like an old homecoming and so much at ease, recalled one former pastor, Dr. William W. Cope. Baptists began meeting on River Road at a m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPY_wear-family_Pigeon-Forge-TN.html
Wear family.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SMD_john-gilliland_Pigeon-Forge-TN.html
John Gilliland 1745-1798