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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6C_james-rufus-agee-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
Born in Knoxville November 27, 1909, Agee was well-known and respected in the fields of journalism, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and film. He won a Pulitzer Prize posthumously in 1957 for A Death in the Family, a novel based on his youth in the F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6B_general-clifton-bledsoe-cates-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
Side ABorn in Cates Landing, Tennessee, on August 31, 1893, Clifton B. Cates attended school in Tiptonville and the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. While excelling in varsity football and baseball, he received his law degree from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X5K_fort-byington-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
"The Hill", dear to University of Tennessee alumni, was protected by a battery of Federal cannon and a brigade of infantry during Longstreet's siege of Knoxville, in Nov., 1863. A line of entrenchments ran across the west and south slopes of the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X5J_west-wing-of-federal-lines-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
The west wing of Burnside's entrenchments in the Federal defense of Knoxville, Nov. 17 - Dec. 4, 1863 was anchored here on the river. His line ran northeast to the site of Melrose Hall, University of Tennessee, then north to Ft. Sanders (17th St. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X4M_farragut-schools-recent-years-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
Named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut who was born in this area, Farragut High School began in 1904 as a six-room frame academic building on 12 acres of land at the junction of Concord Road and Kingston Pike. In addition to practical agricultur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X4L_town-of-farragut-farragut-folklife-museum-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
In May 1979, a group of citizens began meeting to discuss the possibility of incorporation. They felt incorporation was necessary in order to control zoning, land use, signage issues and Farragut's own destiny. A small steering committee, named th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X4K_mecklenburg-place-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
On this site stood the home of Dr. James Gettys McGready Ramsey, physician, civic leader, statesman and author of the Annals of Tennessee, who lived here from 1872 until his death in 1884. It was named for Dr. Ramsey's first home, Mecklenburg, at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVY_fallen-military-heroes-of-bearden-high-a-war-memorial_Knoxville-TN.html
GM2 (Seal) Carter M. Dean ·
CPL. James D. Travis ·
LT Charles H. Pilkington ·
Sgt. George E. Clark, Jr. ·
LT Frederick M. Rader III ·
SP-4 George E. Clark, Jr. ·
SGT. William B. Bis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJZ_the-historic-village-of-concord-historical_Farragut-TN.html
The need for improved methods of importing supplies and exporting local products had for some time been recognized by farmers and merchants of East Tennessee who, of necessity, relied on horse drawn freight wagons or rafts and barges. In 1852, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJY_the-historic-village-of-concord-historical_Farragut-TN.html
By 1887, Concord was the second largest community in Knox County, second to Knoxville. The Village of Concord was a regional transportation center. Tennessee marble, crushed limestone, lime, logs and farm produce were gathered at its public dock. …