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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16J9_blythe-ferry_Dayton-TN.html
Around 1809, William Blythe, a Cherokee, established a ferry at this site to provide transportation for the settlers to the west and the Cherokees to the east. During the 1838 Trail of Tears, it was an important crossing, and it played a military …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11RS_old-cornerstone-smiths-crossroads_Dayton-TN.html
Old Cornerstone
In 1832, the tree that marked the corner between John Abel and Robert Cosby was replaced with the stone by this plaque.
Smith's Crossroads
On Highway 30 west at the outskirts of Dayton, there is a Trail of Tears sign and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PC_rhea-county-veterans-memorial_Dayton-TN.html
In honor of the gallant men and womenof Rhea Countywho participated in the struggleto keep American mighty and freeWORLD WAR II(left plaque)U.S. ArmyAllen, Glen C. · Atkins, William M. · Baker, John C. · Bales, James H. &middo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PA_rhea-county-courthouse_Dayton-TN.html
(left brick column near sidewalk)Rhea CountyCourthouse1891
Site ofScopes Evolution Trial1925
National HistoricLandmark1977(right brick column near sidewalk)Scopes Evolution TrialConsidered one of the most significant trials of the 20th centu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10P9_william-jennings-bryan_Dayton-TN.html
(Marker front):William Jennings Bryan1860 - 1925Presidential NomineeSecretary of StateCongressmanChristian StatesmanAuthor and Orator(On the statue's proper left):"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24R_the-scopes-trial_Dayton-TN.html
Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925, John Thomas Scopes, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Q_smiths-crossroads_Dayton-TN.html
Named for pioneer settler William Smith, a New England teacher and merchant, who settled here in 1820, it was the junction of the Kiuka War Trace (later Black Fox Trail) to the Cumberland and the main north-south Indian trail to the Great Lakes. H…