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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP57_uncle-dave-macon_McMinnville-TN.html
This great country music star was born 300 yds. East of Hickory Creek on the Lawson Mill Road, 6.6 miles SW of here. David Harrison Macon was the son of John and Martha Ann Ramsey Macon. His grandfather, Harrison H. Macon, settled in Warren county…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP55_anthia-brady-hughes_McMinnville-TN.html
Anthia Brady worked on riverboats on the Tennessee River in the late 1800s. After her marriage, Anthia Brady Hughes opened Hughes Studio in McMinnville in 1898. In 1918, her daughter, Willie, entered McMinnville's Southern School of Photography. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP53_carl-t-rowan_McMinnville-TN.html
Born on August 11, 1925, Carl T. Rowan spent his formative years in McMinnville. During World War II, at the age of 19, he won one of the first fifteen Navy commissions granted to African Americans. During President John F. Kennedy's Administratio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP2T_higgenbothams-cave_McMinnville-TN.html
Located in Cardwell Mountain, two miles north, the cave was discovered in ca. 1810 by Aaron Higgenbotham, early surveyor and turnpike builder. For over a century the cave has been renowned for its vastness and rare formations. Higgenbotham built a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNPX_morgans-headquarters_McMinnville-TN.html
To a house which stood nearby, belonging to Dr. J. B. Armstrong, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan brought his bride, the former Martha Ready, of Murfreesboro, when establishing his cavalry command in this area. The house served as his headquarte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNPU_charles-faulkner-bryan_McMinnville-TN.html
A native of Warren County, Charles Faulkner Bryan was a pioneer in the study of American folk music. Through his talented efforts, this distinctively American form of musical expression gained worldwide fame and appreciation. He worked closely wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7L_forrests-murfreesboro-raid_McMinnville-TN.html
Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's brigade passed here enroute to its junction with additional units, to be followed by a further advance on the Federal garrison and stores at Murfreesboro. Leaving Chattanooga on July 9, the brigade here consisted of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGB9_kentucky-alabama-road_McMinnville-TN.html
First opened in 1806, it ran from Monticello, Ky., to Huntsville, AL., then in Indian territory. Entering Tennessee near Celina, it passed through Cookeville to Viola and Winchester. It follows the road south through Shellsford in this section.
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