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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27VI_civil-war-in-tennessee_Jasper-TN.html
You are about to enter Middle Tennessee, the site of two important Civil War campaigns. The first occurred in June 1862 as Confederate Gen. Braxton Braggs maneuvered the Army of Tennessee successfully through the mountains north past Union Gen. Do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VA5_christmas-night-shootout-historical_South-Pittsburg-TN.html
Side AIn January 1927, H. Wetter Manufacturing Company, South Pittsburg's largest employer, a unionized company, closed its stove factory. When Wetter tried to reopen with non~union labor, the unions established picket lines. The strike hurt the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NG0_loves-ferry_Jasper-TN.html
Samuel Love owned a farm on the Tennessee River between Jasper and Shellmound. He operated a ferry that was an important transportation artery, linking Jasper and the rest of Marion County with the railroad at Shellmound. In addition to running th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NFR_hales-bar-dam_Guild-TN.html
Hales Bar Dam was a hydroelectric dam once located on the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee, USA. The Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power Company began building the dam in 1905 and completed it in 1913, making Hales Bar one of the firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16I0_nickajack-cave_Jasper-TN.html
5? miles southeast was the town of Nickajack or Anikusatiyi, destroyed by Ore's force, Sept. 14, 1794. The town occupied a space between the river and the cave in which was a storehouse for plunder. It was also used by the Confederacy during the W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151X_james-thomas-fitz-gerald-jr_South-Pittsburg-TN.html
(side 1)Born July 13, 1920 in South Pittsburg, James "Jim" Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr. was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1940. Interested in aviation since childhood, he graduated in the first class of "Wings of We…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151W_federal-georgia-road_Guild-TN.html
During 1805-08, the U.S. Government and State of Tennessee constructed the Federal-Georgia Road in order to connect Tennessee to the Atlantic seaboard. The road proceeded north from Augusta to Spring Place, Georgia, where it divided. Federal Road …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVZ1_the-tva-system-of-multipurpose-dams_Jasper-TN.html
The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Houston and the French Broad Rivers join.
The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJ0_fort-mccook_South-Pittsburg-TN.html
After the Shiloh Campaign in the spring of 1862, Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg concentrated in the Chattanooga area. The Federal Army, under General Don Carlos Buell occupied north Alabama. Fearful of a Confederate attack, General…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQI8_running-water-creek-bridge_Whiteside-TN.html
The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Bridge over Running Water Creek was a vital link in the rail connection between Nashville and Chattanooga. The retreating Confederate Army destroyed it in the summer of 1863.
The pursuing Federal Army expe…