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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDM_the-great-craighead-cave_Sweetwater-TN.html
Saltpeter, or niter, is a key ingredient of gunpowder found in many limestone caves in East Tennessee. In June 1861, Randolph Ross, Jr., and J. Marshall McCue contracted with the Confederate Ordinance Bureau to produce niter here at the "Milk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDF_cherokee-heritage-trails_Tellico-Plains-TN.html
Cherokee Heritage Trails (Tsalagi Usdi Nvnohi) wind through the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, in the heart of Cherokee homelands that once encompassed more than 140,000 square miles. Here, where Cherokee people have lived fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDB_tellico-iron-works_Tellico-Plains-TN.html
Throughout the Civil War, both sides depended on the iron industry for vitally important munitions. The Tellico Iron and Manufacturing Company, then located one mile east, caught the attention first of the Confederate army and eventually of Union …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FD8_the-tennessee-overhill-experience_Tellico-Plains-TN.html
Tellico Plains
Early Iron and Logging Industries
Tellico Plains? first industrial venture, the Tellico Iron Works, started around 1825 with the construction of a foundry by an early white settler. Local legend, however, holds that native resident…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC4_coker-creek_Tellico-Plains-TN.html
Here in the shadow of the Unicoi Mountains, the Coker Creek community suffered the effects of the Civil War. The conflict closed the lucrative gold mines here and brought devastation and terror to the inhabitants. Both the Union and the Confederat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC1_unicoi-turnpike-trail_Decatur-TN.html
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 year. The earliest European maps of the area note the trail as a connector between Cherokee Territories and the coastal ports of Charleston and Savannah. In 1756 British so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C4O_tennessee-meiji-gakuin-high-school-1989-2007_Sweetwater-TN.html
This monument commemorates Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School (TMG) which existed here. The school was founded on the Christian principle of service to mankind, with the motto: "Do for others".During its 18 years, TMG graduated 677 students. These…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCB_in-memory-of-those-who-served_Madisonville-TN.html
Confederate4th (Branner's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion.Co. "B" became "G", 2nd (Ashby's) Regiment.
3rd (Vaughan's)Tennessee Infantry Regiment.Companies "B", "F", "H" and 2nd "K".
39th (W.M. Bradford's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment.Company "K"…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BC9_monroe-county-courthouse_Madisonville-TN.html
Monroe County was established 1819; Named in honor of President James Monroe.
From 1819-1830 the Courthouse was in private homes.
The first courthouse was built on this site in 1830 an burned in 1833.
The second courthouse was built in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BBU_war-comes-to-madisonville_Madisonville-TN.html
(preface)On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet …