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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LE7_john-houston-bills_Bolivar-TN.html
Born in Iredell County, North Carolina, Bills settled in Bolivar, or Hatchie Town, as it was then called, in 1821. A successful merchant, planter, real estate operator and politician, he was also an extensive traveler and a diarist. Bills purchase…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDO_bolivar_Bolivar-TN.html
Located midway between Memphis and Corinth, Mississippi, Bolivar's position on the Hatchie River (a navigable route to the Mississippi River) and its junction of north-south railroads made it a strategic location for both armies. By the fall of 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYXX_old-hatchie-town_Bolivar-TN.html
Here in early days was Fowler's Ferry, at the head of steamboat navigation on the Hatchie River. A town, named Hatchie, was established in 1819. In 1824, because of repeated floods, the town was moved about 2 miles south and named Bolivar, in hono…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYX0_st-james-episcopal-church_Bolivar-TN.html
Organized April 17, 1834. The Present edifice, completed 1870 and consecrated by Bishop Charles T. Quintard, replaced a brick building built in 1840. The memorial window for Gen. Otho F. Strahl and Lt. John Marst, both killed in the Battle of Fran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYWV_battle-of-middleburg_Bolivar-TN.html
Ordered to raid Federal supply lines in West Tennessee, Confederate General Frank C. Armstrong rode north from Holly Springs, Mississippi in August 1862, with a large force of cavalry. Near this spot on August 30, Armstrong engaged a Union brigade…