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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29D8_mcclellans-general-store_Red-Boiling-Springs-TN.html
This three story wooden business was built in 1909 and was owned by Charles Bancroft McClellan Sr. and was a general store featuring quality merchandise. This was the first building locally with a freight elevator. The large glass windows made att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29AW_palace-hotel_Red-Boiling-Springs-TN.html
This hotel was built in 1912 by Charles Bancroft McClellan, Sr. and was a three story wooden hotel with 185 rooms. This was the grandest hotel of Red Boiling Springs. This site was of the first hotel called the Webb Hotel and later the Dedman Hote…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218V_macon-county-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Lafayette-TN.html
Dedicated to the memory those veterans of Macon County, Tennessee who gave their lives in the service of our country.
World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict, Vietnam Era 1917-1975.
"If we break faith we shall have died in vain"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IT9_world-war-ii-maneuvers_Lafayette-TN.html
Macon was one of 22 Tennessee host counties for World War II maneuvers before the invasion of Europe in 1944. The county was chosen because its terrain was similar to that in Europe. The war games prepared soldiers for active combat after the inva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AQD_epperson-springs_Westmoreland-TN.html
The Epperson Springs Hotel, built by local businessmen so that residents and visitors could enjoy bathing and soaking in a mineral springs, stood here. Most of the state's early resorts grew up around mineral springs; physicians often touted the v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AQB_woodmore-hotel_Lafayette-TN.html
These large limestone slabs were the steps to the Woodmore Hotel, located on the west site of the square. Moses and Bettie Woodmore owned and operated the hotel in the late 1800's. It was later operated by their daughter and by their granddaughter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1APU_macon-county-confederate-soldiers-monument_Lafayette-TN.html
This monument dedicated in memory of the men who served in the Confederate States Army from Macon County, Tennessee during the war between the states 1861-1865
These units were comprised of local men serving in the Army of Tennessee
2nd TN C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1APT_a-family-tragedy_Lafayette-TN.html
Thousands of Tennessee families were caught in the crossfire of the Civil War. Dempsey Parker's family, which lived in the Hillsdale community here in Macon County, is one of many examples of a family sharply divided between North and South.
Pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1APS_the-home-of-william-dunn_Lafayette-TN.html
On Feb. 7, 1842, the Justices of Smith and Sumner Counties met at the home of William Dunn, located in this vicinity, for the purpose of forming a new county. Along with Dunn were Taylor Gillam, John Clairborne, James Patterson, L.D. Hargas, Thoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AP5_ambush-at-meadowville_Lafayette-TN.html
During the Civil War, Macon County experienced internal strife as did many other areas of Tennessee. In the spring of 1863, a Confederate partisan band established itself in this part of the county, where it harassed Federal units and threatened l…