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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90L_bessie-smith_Chattanooga-TN.html
Born in Chattanooga to black parents, her great talent and determination earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." Death came in a tragic automobile accident in Clarksdale, Miss. In her memory, Columbia Records erected a tombstone with the epit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90K_rosss-landing_Chattanooga-TN.html
Established about 1816 by John Ross some 370 yards east of this point, it consisted of a ferry, warehouse, and landing. With the organization of Hamilton County in 1819 north of the river, it served not only the Cherokee trade but also as a conven…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90J_williams-island_Chattanooga-TN.html
Named for a pioneer occupant, occupant, this island was the site of an Indian village and probably of an 18th Century French trading post. Here, on May 31, 1862, JamesJ. Andrews, leader of the Andrews Raid, was captured following his escape from j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8Z9_summertown_Lookout-Mountain-TN.html
Summertown, the first community on Lookout Mountain, was in this general area. The Lookout Mountain Hotel and its cottages were erected here in 1856 by Colonel James A. Whiteside and associates. Guests came up a toll road in carriages which met tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8Z6_the-university-of-the-south_Lookout-Mountain-TN.html
Founded here July 4, 1857, when its first trustees, representing Episcopal dioceses in ten Southern states, met to adopt the plan of Bishop (later Confederate General) Leonidas Polk for a university to be sponsored by the Episcopal Church. Followi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XT_chattanooga-daily-rebel_Chattanooga-TN.html
Established on this site, Aug. 2, 1862, by Franc M. Paul, it was published in three states, five towns and, for several months, in a boxcar traveling with Confederate armies. Later editors were Henry Watterson and Albert Roberts. Usually, it was t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XR_the-university-of-tennessee-at-chattanooga_Chattanooga-TN.html
Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church with generous assistance by Chattanoogans, this institution became a principal campus of The University of Tennessee in 1969. As an endowed, privately controlled institution it was known as Chattanooga Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM88L_the-union-depot_Chattanooga-TN.html
The Union Depot, constructed on this site between 1857-1859, as a large train-shed with tracks, offices and waiting-rooms beneath, originated in an agreement of Sept. 12, 1857, between the Western & Atlantic and the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EW_daniel-ross_Chattanooga-TN.html
The home of this early trader and pioneer stood about 250 yards east. Born in Scotland, 1760, coming to this area in 1785, he shortly after married a daughter of John McDonald, trader, who lived at the site of Rossville, Ga. His eldest son, John, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EV_lookout-mountain_Chattanooga-TN.html
The Chattanooga area was firmly controlled by the Chickamauga Indians at the time of The American Revolution. The Cherokee Indian chiefs had signed peace and land treaties with the Colonial settlers. However, a small group of rebellious Cherokees …