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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASZ_john-montgomery-statue_Clarksville-TN.html
This statue honors John Montgomery, for whom Montgomery County is named. While on a long hunter's expedition, Montgomery claimed Clarksville, Tennessee's second oldest city, so name for Gen. George Rogers Clark
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASV_first-court-house_Clarksville-TN.html
This stone commemorates First Court House-a rude log house on Public Square. 1788-1811 The old Stockade southwest from this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASU_clarksville-in-the-civil-war_Clarksville-TN.html
Clarksville, a communication and transportation center was strategically significant because of the Cumberland River and the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad. The area's rich agricultural produce—grain, livestock, tobacco, and co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASS_recapture-of-clarksville_Clarksville-TN.html
On August 18, 1862, Union-occupied Clarksville came under attack from Confederate forces to disrupt river traffic. The town was still very much a pro-Confederate hotbed of guerilla activity and the focus of Confederate cavalry raids. Confederate C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM116Q_emerald-hill_Clarksville-TN.html
Here was the home of Gustavus Henry (1804-1880). For three years a member of the Kentucky Legislature, he later served a term in the Tennessee Assembly. He represented Tennessee in the Senate of the Confederate States of America during the entire …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO4T_camp-boone_Clarksville-TN.html
Here in 1861 was established a staging area and training camp for Kentuckians desiring to enlist for the Confederacy. An early camp commander was Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA. Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Roger W. Hanson brought here a regimen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJT_the-john-t-cunningham-memorial-bridge_Clarksville-TN.html
The Cunningham Bridge, completed in 1925, once spanned the Cumberland River here. Erected on the site of the old Gaiser's Ferry. It was one of the first bridges to be built by the newly-formed Tennessee Highway Department and was the first major f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJXF_willie-blount_Clarksville-TN.html
This statesman settled 2 mi. N., 1802. Born 1768, was secretary to the governor, Territory South of the River Ohio, later a judge in the state's first Superior Court of Law & Equity. Elected governor after a term in the Legislature, he served six …