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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GEB_collierville-high-school_Collierville-TN.html
This land, which was actually in Mississippi until 1838, originally belonged to the Chickasaws. This area has served as a central hub for education in Collierville since 1873, when Bellevue Female College constructed a two story wooden building he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6J_fort-germantown_Germantown-TN.html
This was the site of a Civil War earthwork redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June 1863 by the 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment and used…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6H_germantown-tennessee_Germantown-TN.html
The City began in 1833 as the hamlet of Pea Ridge, was renamed Germantown in 1836 and incorporated in 1841. The City of Germantown now includes the site of historic Nashoba Plantation. Union troops occupied the town during the Civil War. Yellow Fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6G_war-comes-to-germantown_Germantown-TN.html
In 1861, Germantown was divided between secessionists and unionists until the news of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers tilted the balance in favor of secession. Germantown women announced on April 26, "We?offer to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6E_davies-manor_Memphis-TN.html
Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In the path of both armies, 1861-65, it was the scene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6C_the-university-of-memphis_Memphis-TN.html
This public institution of higher learning has grown with the city of Memphis since opening in 1912. Its development went through the following stages: West Tennessee State Normal School (1912-25); West Tennessee State Teachers College (1925-1941)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6B_clarence-saunders-pink-palace_Memphis-TN.html
Clarence Saunders, whose self-service groceries were followed by modern supermarkets, started construction of this building for his home in 1922. It was incomplete when he lost an epic Stock Exchange battle. Developers who bought the grounds gave …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6A_overton-park_Memphis-TN.html
The 342 acre Lea Woods was bought in 1901 as the first project of Memphis Park Commission on advise of Olmsted Brothers noted landscape and architects. By popular vote it was named for Judge John Overton, a city founder. Naturalistic landscaping w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F68_fort-adams-fort-pike_Memphis-TN.html
With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second U.S. President, the stockade was later called Fort Pike, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F66_memphis-city-hospital_Memphis-TN.html
In 1836 the state authorized building a brick hospital on this site, chiefly for river travelers. In 1873 it became a municipal institution. After its razing in 1891, the location became Forrest Park.