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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6A_riverview-cemetery_Clarksville-TN.html
Men of all American wars are interred here on land once owned by Valentine Seiver (1747-1800), who was the first person buried here. Many pioneers and 19th century citizens, including Revolutionary War soldier Robert Nelson, are buried here. One p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G68_smith-trahern-mansion_Clarksville-TN.html
This mansion was built by Christopher H. Smith noted tobacco exporter and businessman. The home reflects the style between Greek Revival and Italianate popular in the 1850's. It is believed that architect Adolphus Heiman designed the building. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G4Y_town-spring_Clarksville-TN.html
This is the site of the town spring that was the source of water for early Clarksville. In 1784 the city founders erected a fort and laid out the town. Later, the spring was capped and diverted to the Cumberland River. It was uncapped briefly duri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AT3_surrender-of-clarksville_Clarksville-TN.html
In the mid-afternoon of February 19, 1862, Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, aboard his flagship, the timber-clad gunship USS Conestoga, passed Linwood Landing around the bend of the Cumberland River a mile and a half north of here. The ironclad USS C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASZ_john-montgomery-statue_Clarksville-TN.html
This statue honors John Montgomery, for whom Montgomery County is named. While on a long hunter's expedition, Montgomery claimed Clarksville, Tennessee's second oldest city, so name for Gen. George Rogers Clark
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASV_first-court-house_Clarksville-TN.html
This stone commemorates First Court House-a rude log house on Public Square. 1788-1811 The old Stockade southwest from this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASU_clarksville-in-the-civil-war_Clarksville-TN.html
Clarksville, a communication and transportation center was strategically significant because of the Cumberland River and the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad. The area's rich agricultural produce—grain, livestock, tobacco, and co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ASS_recapture-of-clarksville_Clarksville-TN.html
On August 18, 1862, Union-occupied Clarksville came under attack from Confederate forces to disrupt river traffic. The town was still very much a pro-Confederate hotbed of guerilla activity and the focus of Confederate cavalry raids. Confederate C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM116Q_emerald-hill_Clarksville-TN.html
Here was the home of Gustavus Henry (1804-1880). For three years a member of the Kentucky Legislature, he later served a term in the Tennessee Assembly. He represented Tennessee in the Senate of the Confederate States of America during the entire …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO4T_camp-boone_Clarksville-TN.html
Here in 1861 was established a staging area and training camp for Kentuckians desiring to enlist for the Confederacy. An early camp commander was Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA. Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Roger W. Hanson brought here a regimen…