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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM173V_a-wonder-of-the-world_Gatlinburg-TN.html
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most pristine natural areas in the eastern United States. Breathtaking mountain scenery, rushing mountain streams, and mature hardwood forests that stretch to the horizon are protected for you and …
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Birthplace of Gladys Trentham Russell Author of: Call me HillbillyIt happened in the SmokiesSmoky Mountain Family Album
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16KP_forks-of-little-pigeon-church_Sevierville-TN.html
100 yds, N. E. this Baptist Church, established 1789, was reportedly the first of any denomination in Sevier County. Spencer Clack, Revolutionary veteran was first church clerk; Richard Wood; first pastor until his death in 1831. The Church moved …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13OP_titanic-eternal-flame_Pigeon-Forge-TN.html
Marker removed.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13OO_titanics-center-anchor_Pigeon-Forge-TN.html
The center anchor weighed 16.8 US tons, almost twice the weight of the standard port and starboard anchors which weighed 8.84 US tons each. The replica of this anchor will give you an idea how massive the center anchor was on the Titanic.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ5F_the-mayors-of-the-city-of-sevierville_Sevierville-TN.html
Several attempts were made in the incorporation of the city of Sevierville since its founding in 1795, but it was not until 1901 that a continuous chartered city government was established. Ambrose M. Paine was elected Sevierville's first mayor on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ5E_william-m-whaley_Sevierville-TN.html
One of the many volunteers of the War of 1812 which earned Tennessee its nickname, William Whaley came to Sevier County in 1810. A farmer and later Baptist minister, Whaley married in 1811 Mary Ann Ogle (1793-1880). A resident of the White Oak Fla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ5D_james-crawford-murphy_Sevierville-TN.html
Benefactor of Murphy College 1890-1936, for whom it was named, this prominent farmer and merchant first come to Sevierville as a tanner in 1833. He returned again to Sevier county 1847 with his wife, Mary "Polly" Smith (1811-1894), settling along …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9S_old-dutch-settlement_Sevierville-TN.html
Here was an early German settlement. First settlers were Jacob Derrick, Jacob Bird, and Adam Fox. A fort stood on Derrick's land nearby. Mark Fox was killed by Indians on Muddy Creek, 1787; he was buried in Fox Cemetery. An early Lutheran church i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9R_harrisburg-covered-bridge_Sevierville-TN.html
The Harrisburg Covered Bridge, located in Sevier County, Tennessee, was built by Elbert Stephenson Early in 1875 and restored in 1972. That restoration was a joint effort through the Great Smokies Chapter and the Spencer Clark Chapter of the Daugh…
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