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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27VG_pushing-toward-knoxville_Athens-TN.html
This interstate highway parallels the historic line of the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroads. In September 1863, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led his army toward Knoxville along the line to take control of the strategically vital city.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HJ_first-united-presbyterian-church_Athens-TN.html
Established in 1889 as a Presbyterian mission, First United Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1892 in the Gothic Revival Style by descendants of former slaves. The church played a major role in the area's educational history, serving as the p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1U_road-to-chattanooga-historical_Athens-TN.html
This interstate highway parallels the historic line of the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad. Late in 1863, Union and Confederate armies followed the tracks during a series of battles in the fight for control of Chattanooga, a strategically vital …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGC_john-tyler-morgan_Athens-TN.html
300 yards east is the house in which John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) was born. A brigadier general in the Confederate Army, he later served for 30 years as United States Senator from Alabama. He distinguished himself by promoting legislation in favo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGB_petty-manker-hall_Athens-TN.html
Petty-Manker Hall was built in 1913 as a dormitory for men. It was named in honor of the Reverend J.S. Petty and the Reverend J.J. Manker, class of 1873. The four-story brick building was erected at a cost of $25,000, which was contributed by John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGA_the-nocatula-legend_Athens-TN.html
A wounded English officer from Fort Loudon was befriended by an Indian Chief and nursed back to health by Nocatula, daughter of the Chief. The soldier, given the name of Connestoga, "The Oak," was accepted into the tribe and married Nocatula. A je…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG9_tennessee-wesleyan-college_Athens-TN.html
Organized in 1857 as Athens Female College and sponsored then by the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The name of the college has been changed several times, but it has been related to some branch of the Methodist Churc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG8_samuel-cleage_Athens-TN.html
This was one of the houses built by this itinerant contractor, who left Botetourt Co., Va., in 1823 and made his way south building houses, taking pay in "gold, notes or Negroes". In 1836 it was the central office for the Hiawassee R.R., which, in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXFY_battle-of-athens_Athens-TN.html
The Battle of Athens was an armed revolt that gained national attention. Attempting to end the control of an entrenched political machine, World War II veterans used force to ensure that on the day of local elections in 1946 every vote "was counte…