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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NV_bartlett-tennessee_Bartlett-TN.html
A toll road of 1829 became Stage Road, Bartlett's main street. In 1856 the town was called Union Depot. Incorporated in 1866 and named Bartlett for Major Gabriel Matson Bartlett. Shelby County Courts were held here from 1870-1885. In 1885 Bartlett…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM484_nicholas-gotten_Bartlett-TN.html
Nicholas Gotten a native of Spangdahlen, Germany, immigrated to America at the age of 22: worked in the north before coming to Tennessee: established himself as a blacksmith in Union Depot (Bartlett) in 1860: enlisted in the Confederate Army (Co. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45T_casey-jones_Memphis-TN.html
From a station located on this site the night of Apr. 29. 1900, John Luther Jones, replacing the regularly detailed engineer, took out engine 382, pulling the Illinois Central "Cannonball." Driving into a blocked switch at Vaughn, Miss., early the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QD_tom-lee-memorial_Memphis-TN.html
Tom Lee with his boat "Zev" saved thirty-two lives when the steamer U.S. Norman sank about twenty miles below Memphis May 8, 1925. But he has a finer monument than this—an invisible one. A monument of kindliness, generosity, courage and bign…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJ_the-memphis-home-of-w-c-handy_Memphis-TN.html
Musician · Composer · Publisher. 1873-1958. Father of the Blues. In this house was born Memphis Blues, St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues and other great songs. This house was moved here from 659 Janette Street in 1983 and restored …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8L_benjamin-franklin-booth_Memphis-TN.html
Benjamin F. Booth was one of Memphis' earliest and most distinguished African-American lawyers. Starting in 1886, he practiced law for more than 54 years. In 1905, he challenged Tennessee's law authorizing the segregation of black and white passen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8D_graceland_Memphis-TN.html
Graceland has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Built 1939.