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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B81_the-rhea-county-spartans_Spring-City-TN.html
Walden's Ridge, directly ahead, was a natural obstacle to east-west military movements during the war. In 1862-1863, Confederate authorities ordered three Rhea County cavalry companies to patrol the passes there between Emory Gap (north) and Sale …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B7Z_grandview-normal-institute_Grandview-TN.html
Founded 1884 by the American Missionary Assoc., this school prepared students from the hill country of East Tenn. for college entrance, Christian works, or teaching in elementary schools. Improved public schools caused Grandview to close its doors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16J9_blythe-ferry_Dayton-TN.html
Around 1809, William Blythe, a Cherokee, established a ferry at this site to provide transportation for the settlers to the west and the Cherokees to the east. During the 1838 Trail of Tears, it was an important crossing, and it played a military …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11RS_old-cornerstone-smiths-crossroads_Dayton-TN.html
Old Cornerstone In 1832, the tree that marked the corner between John Abel and Robert Cosby was replaced with the stone by this plaque. Smith's Crossroads On Highway 30 west at the outskirts of Dayton, there is a Trail of Tears sign and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PC_rhea-county-veterans-memorial_Dayton-TN.html
In honor of the gallant men and womenof Rhea Countywho participated in the struggleto keep American mighty and freeWORLD WAR II(left plaque)U.S. ArmyAllen, Glen C. · Atkins, William M. · Baker, John C. · Bales, James H. &middo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PA_rhea-county-courthouse_Dayton-TN.html
(left brick column near sidewalk)Rhea CountyCourthouse1891 Site ofScopes Evolution Trial1925 National HistoricLandmark1977(right brick column near sidewalk)Scopes Evolution TrialConsidered one of the most significant trials of the 20th centu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10P9_william-jennings-bryan_Dayton-TN.html
(Marker front):William Jennings Bryan1860 - 1925Presidential NomineeSecretary of StateCongressmanChristian StatesmanAuthor and Orator(On the statue's proper left):"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHA8_graysville-academy_Graysville-TN.html
On this site was founded Graysville Academy by a group of Seventh-day Adventists who were organized as a church on Sept. 8, 1888. Recognizing the need for training young people in order that the work of the church in the South could be expanded, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24R_the-scopes-trial_Dayton-TN.html
Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925, John Thomas Scopes, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Q_smiths-crossroads_Dayton-TN.html
Named for pioneer settler William Smith, a New England teacher and merchant, who settled here in 1820, it was the junction of the Kiuka War Trace (later Black Fox Trail) to the Cumberland and the main north-south Indian trail to the Great Lakes. H…
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