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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M8F_roho-the-coalminer_Tracy-City-TN.html
The Miner's Legacy of Hard Work, Devotion To Family, Concern for Community, and Patriotism Has Had A Continuous Influence On Succeeding Generations To Honor Them And Preserve The Memory Of Their Contribution The Town Of Tracy City Dedicates This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151V_melchior-thoni-jr_Gruetli-Laager-TN.html
One of the original Swiss settlers of Gruetli in 1869, Melchior Thoni become one of the most famous woodcarvers of Tennessee, executing carvings in the old Governor's Mansion and the altar of Christ Church in Nashville. About 1880, among his many …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151U_fiery-gizzard_Tracy-City-TN.html
(obverse)Nearby, in the early 1870's, a crude experimental blast furnace was built by Samuel E. Jones for the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company. Called "Fiery Gizzard", the furnace was to determine if coke burned from local coal was of suitable …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM151T_lone-rock-coke-ovens_Tracy-City-TN.html
The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in 1883 built 120 coke ovens 6 miles east to help supply its growing iron works. The company contracted with the state, and convicts worked the ovens until 1896. On August 13, 1892, Tracy City miners, who oppose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121U_monteagle-sunday-school-assembly_Monteagle-TN.html
MSSA differed from other Chautauquas and is significant is that it was ecumenical from the beginning. Known as the Chautauqua of the South, it has conducted annual assemblies for religious and educational programs without interruption since 1883. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7P_gruetli_Gruetli-Laager-TN.html
Apparently named for a commune in the canton of Giarus, Switzerland, it was founded by Peter Staub, native of that locality, and 100 Swiss families who bought land here, on April 11, 1896. Since 1880, normal increases in population and the desire …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7M_forrests-murfreesboro-raid_Altamont-TN.html
Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's brigade, having left Chattanooga July 9, bivouacked here enroute to his capture of Murfreesboro. The Brigade then consisted of the 8th Texas Cavalry (Wharton), 2nd Georgis Cavalry (Lawton), and Woodard's Kentucky Cava…
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/HMH7K_beersheba-inn_Beersheba-Springs-TN.html
1/4 mile southeast. In 1837 several log structures were built and later joined together. Later buildings of handmade brick were added. Enlargement to present form was made by Col. John Armfield in 1857. In antebellum days the courtyard was the sce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7J_mary-noailles-murfree_Beersheba-Springs-TN.html
Described as "Tennessee's foremost woman writer of fiction." she used the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock for over thirty years. The Tennesee mountains and the Civil War were used as the settings for her novels and short stories, and she gathered…
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