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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QG2_peter-vertrees_Gallatin-TN.html
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A prominent African-American soldier, minister, and educator, Peter Vertrees was born December 16, 1840, in Edmonton County, Kentucky, as Peter Skaggs. At age five he was apprenticed to Jacob Vertrees whose name he assumed. From 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMP_sumner-county-tennessee-mexican-american-war-monument_Gallatin-TN.html
This MonumentWas erected by the liberality of theCitizens of the Countyof Sumnerto the memory of herPatriotic Sons: who sacrificed their livesin the defense of theFlagof their countryin the war with Mexico. In 1846. 1847& 1848.
Gloria in comitat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMO_monument-to-the-fallen_Gallatin-TN.html
The Mexican War
Instigated by the U.S. annexation of Texas and the dispute over its southern boundary, the Mexican War of 1846-1848 resulted in the cession of over 500,000 square miles of the territory then owned by Mexico west of Texas and the L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AO6_zieglers-station_Gallatin-TN.html
This station was built in 1790 near Bledsoe Creek by Joseph Ziegler to protect early settlers. In 1791, it was attacked by a war party of Creek, Cherokee, and Chickamauga Indians, killing ten persons and taking eighteen prisoners. A forced march w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AO2_in-memory-of-all-american-veterans_Gallatin-TN.html
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common undeniable goal - - to valiantly protect our country's freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANP_the-clark-house_Gallatin-TN.html
This is the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did many of Sumner County's young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a Protestant minister, died in 1847 at the age of forty-one, leaving his wife, Emma Douglass Clark, to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANN_randys-record-shop_Gallatin-TN.html
Randy's Record Shop (1946-1991) was the world's largest mail-order record company. Founder Randy Wood began advertising his mail-order business in the late 40s on clear channel WLAC in Nashville, a broadcast that could be heard throughout most of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANM_tennessees-first-african-american-civil-war-volunteers_Gallatin-TN.html
Among the first ex-slaves in the Union Army were 200 local volunteers who enlisted here on the Public Square in July, 1863. They became a part of the Thirteenth United States Colored Infantry at Nashville. Two months later the army recruited addit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AN0_first-presbyterian-church_Gallatin-TN.html
The oldest church building in Gallatin in continuous existence, this church was organized October 25, 1828. The building was erected in 1836-37 and is an example of early Greek Revival architecture. The sanctuary was used as a hospital for Federal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AMZ_trousdale-place_Gallatin-TN.html
This was the home of William Trousdale (1790-1872), governor of Tennessee (1849-1851) and U.S. minister to Brazil (1853-1857). During the Union army's occupation of Gallatin from 1862 to 1870, its commanders regarded former governor Trousdale as t…