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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BJU_landon-carter-haynes_Johnson-City-TN.html
This was the home of Landon Carter Haynes, a distinguished lawyer and politician who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives before the onset of the Civil War. Haynes was born in Carter County on December 2, 1816. He attended near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVU4_east-tennessee-western-north-carolina-depot_Johnson-City-TN.html
Constructed in 1891 as a union depot for the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (nicknamed "Tweetsie") and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad, the building served as a passenger railway terminal until 1940. From 1912 unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSK_state-flag_Johnson-City-TN.html
In 1905 the Legislature adopted as the state flag one which was designed by Colonel Le Roy Reeves, a native and resident of Johnson City. The three stars represent the three grand divisions of Tennessee. The flag was first raised by Company F of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSG_brush-creek-campground_Johnson-City-TN.html
On September 2, 1811, James Nelson deeded to trustees William Nelson, William Duzan, James King, Jacob Hoss and John R. Boring, 4 acres and 8 poles to be used by the Methodist Episcopal Church for a house of worship. For many years a campground fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4C_johnson-city_Johnson-City-TN.html
The town was formerly known as Green Meadows, Blue Plum, Johnson's Depot, Haynesville, then Johnson City. It is situated on land grants of 1782 to Robert and Joseph Young and in 1792 to Joseph Tipton. The town charter was repealed in 1879, but inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4A_colored-christian-church-and-colored-school_Johnson-City-TN.html
This 1889 structure, originally "the Colored Christian Church," now West Main Street Christian Church, was also Johnson City's second school building (1889-1891) for "Colored" children. It is the oldest church building and school building still st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF48_william-nelson-home_Johnson-City-TN.html
1 mi. N. was the home of William Nelson. A native of Virginia, he was one of the earliest settlers in this region and served in the Revolutionary War. Francis Asbury, early Methodist bishop, held annual conferences here in 1793, 1796, and 1797. As…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15E_national-soldiers-home_Johnson-City-TN.html
Approved by an Act of Congress on Jan. 28, 1901, the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was created through the work of Tennessee Congressman Walter P. Brownlow (1851-1910). Known locally as Mountain Home, the ori…
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