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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G5B_confederate-circle-at-mount-olivet_Nashville-TN.html
After the War Between the States, the women of Nashville bought land at Mount Olivet, and formed Confederate Circle. The remains of about 1,500 Confederate soldiers were moved here from area battlefields. Seven Confederate generals were buried in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G5A_battle-of-nashville-monument_Nashville-TN.html
Battle of Nashville 1864 North Facing Oh, valorous gray, in the grave of your fate, Oh, glorious blue, in the long dead years, You were sown in sorrow and harrowed in hate, But your harvest is a Nation's tears, For the message you lef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G25_jack-clement-recording-studios_Nashville-TN.html
After success in Memphis with Sun Records, "Cowboy" Jack Clement founded Jack Clement Recording Studios in 1969, producing and writing for artists such as Johnny Cash and Charley Pride. It was the first facility of its kind in Nashville, with inte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EV4_travellers-rest_Nashville-TN.html
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood moved north…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EV0_deford-bailey_Nashville-TN.html
Bailey, a pioneer of the Grand Old Opry and its first black musician, lived in the Edgehill neighborhood for nearly 60 years. His shoe-shine shop was on 12th Ave., South, near this intersection. His harmonica performance of the "Pan American Blues…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUZ_tom-wilson-park_Nashville-TN.html
Formerly located near this site was Tom Wilson Park. It opened in 1929 and was home to the Nashville Elite Giants baseball team of the Southern Negro League. Owned by Thomas T. Wilson, the facility was one of two African-American owned professiona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUY_st-patrick-catholic-church_Nashville-TN.html
Erected in 1890 and named for Ireland's patron saint, this Second Empire style church was built to serve South Nashville's growing Irish Catholic population. Until 1954, the Sisters of Mercy taught a grade school here. Since the 1890s, the Irish T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUT_first-steam-locomotive_Nashville-TN.html
On Dec. 13, 1850, the first steam engine, Tennessee No. 1, ordered by the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, arrived on the steamboat "Beauty" from Cincinnati. The one-mile trip on improvised tracks from the wharf to the S. Cherry St. crossing requ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUP_city-cemetery_Nashville-TN.html
First established in 1822, the remains of many early settlers were then brought here for permanent burial. Among the more than 20,000 persons buried here are Gen. James Robertson, Gov. William Carroll, Sec. of Treasury George W. Campbell, Lt. Gen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUK_fort-negley_Nashville-TN.html
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood moved north…
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