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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFN_the-dike-that-saved-dandridge_Dandridge-TN.html
A portion of the town of Dandridge would have been flooded by the waters of Douglas Lake if the Tennessee Valley Authority had not built a dike. The top of the dike is an elevation of 1009 feet, seven feet above the dam's crest gates. All of the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFL_attack-on-dandridge_Dandridge-TN.html
(preface)In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside' s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ0M_pine-chapel_Dandridge-TN.html
"In commemoration of Pine Chapel Cemetery one half mile north of this spot, and Pine Chapel Methodist Church on this spot about 1787, together with Pine Chapel School House near this spot, being the first public institutions in the Wilderness. Ere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZ5_mcbees-ferry_Strawberry-Plains-TN.html
1/2 mile NW, near the present railway bridge, this ferry was established by William McBee in the last decade of the 18th century. Many early travelers have, in their diaries, mentioned using it.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYO_frances-hodgson-burnett_New-Market-TN.html
In a log cabin which stood here, Frances Eliza Hodgson, newly from England with her family, spent the winter of 1865. She helped support her family with music lessons, also opened a "Select Seminary for Young People." Here she met Dr. Swan Burnett…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYM_little-lord-fauntleroy_New-Market-TN.html
The author of this book, probably the most famous of her several works, spent her first winter in the United States in a small house which stood about 250 yards south. Besides this juvenile work, she was the author of numerous popular adult books …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYJ_carson-newman-college_Jefferson-City-TN.html
1/2 mi. Following organizational meetings in 1849, this was chartered as Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary in 1851. It closed 1861-65, its buildings being occupied and badly damaged by Federal troops in that period. Resuming operation in 186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUB_battle-of-mossy-creek_Jefferson-City-TN.html
Federal cavalry under Gen. S.D. Sturgis established a line just east of Mossy Creek. At 9:00 a.m., Confederate Gen. W.T. Martin assembled 2000 dismounted cavalry and eight cannons at Talbott's Railroad Station, three miles east. They advanced alon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUA_david-crockett-and-polly-finley_Jefferson-City-TN.html
Legendary frontiersman David Crockett and his first wife, Polly Finley, were married on August 14, 1806, at the home of Polly's parents, William and Jean Finley, one~fourth mile southeast of here. After the wedding, David and Polly lived in this n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMITW_stokely-van-camp-inc_Dandridge-TN.html
Side AOne-half mile south, on Seehorn Creek, the first Stokely Brothers cannery was built in 1898 with $3,900 invested by Colonel Alfred R. Swann, Anna Rorex Stokely, and her sons, James and John. In the 30 ~ by ~ 60 ~ foot shed, 4,000 cases of to…
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