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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAIH_first-presbyterian-church_Chattanooga-TN.html
(Obverse)This church, founded June 21, 1840, by missionaries to the Cherokee Indians from the brainerd Mission and others, is Chattanooga's oldest with record of its founding date. During the Civil War, its building at 7th and Market streets was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA7V_first-coca-cola-bottling-company-in-the-united-states_Chattanooga-TN.html
On July 21, 1899, two Chattanooga lawyers, Benjamin Franklin Thomas and Joseph Brown Whitehead, signed a contract with the Coca-Cola Company granting them the exclusive rights to bottle Coca-Cola in most of the United States. Another Chattanooga c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6I_martin-hotel_Chattanooga-TN.html
For sixty-one years the Martin Hotel was located at this site. Established in 1924 by Robert Martin with 50 rooms it became the largest African-American hotel in the South. Many celebrities and entertainers such as: Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA5U_william-uncle-bill-lewis_Chattanooga-TN.html
Born a slave in Winchester, Tennessee, William Lewis came to Chattanooga in 1837, when it was Ross' Landing. After building a thriving blacksmith business, Lewis purchased his and his wife's freedom. In 1851, he purchased the freedom of his mother…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA3F_46th-pennsylvania-infantry_Chattanooga-TN.html
(Front):46th Pennsylvania Infantry1st. Brigade [Knipes]1st. Division [Williams]12th. Corps [Slocum]Joe Hooker's command.(Back):This regiment rendered important service as rear guard inthe movements and actions of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corpsin o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91M_chattanooga-howard-school_Chattanooga-TN.html
Founded as a church school about 1865, Howard School was the first free public school, black or white, established in Hamilton County. Incorporated into the city school system in 1873, Howard School was established by the Rev. E. O. Tade, a black …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91K_walden-hospital_Chattanooga-TN.html
Dr. Emma Rochelle Wheeler, a graduate of Meharry Medical College, established, owned and operated Walden Hospital beginning in 1915. Established to serve the medical needs of Chattanooga's Negro community, the hospital had a 30-bed capacity. Walde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91J_the-mccallie-school_Chattanooga-TN.html
A boarding and day day school preparing more than 6,300 boys for college in its first 75 years. McCallie was established on this former Missionary Ridge battlefield in 1905. The founder, the Rev. Thomas Hooke McCallie, Civil War pastor of First Pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91G_missionary-ridge_Chattanooga-TN.html
So called from its nearness to the Brainerd Mission to the Cherokee, this ridge was the scene of the final and conclusive action in the series of battles which drove the Confederates from the Chattanooga area. After first clearing a line of riflep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90M_chattanoogas-first-school_Chattanooga-TN.html
In 1835 a log structure near the corner of Fifth and Lookout Sts, served this area as schoolhouse, church, and community center. Community leaders met here in 1838 and selected "Chattanooga" as the name for the Future city.
The official act was…