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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27VI_civil-war-in-tennessee_Jasper-TN.html
You are about to enter Middle Tennessee, the site of two important Civil War campaigns. The first occurred in June 1862 as Confederate Gen. Braxton Braggs maneuvered the Army of Tennessee successfully through the mountains north past Union Gen. Do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NG0_loves-ferry_Jasper-TN.html
Samuel Love owned a farm on the Tennessee River between Jasper and Shellmound. He operated a ferry that was an important transportation artery, linking Jasper and the rest of Marion County with the railroad at Shellmound. In addition to running th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16I0_nickajack-cave_Jasper-TN.html
5? miles southeast was the town of Nickajack or Anikusatiyi, destroyed by Ore's force, Sept. 14, 1794. The town occupied a space between the river and the cave in which was a storehouse for plunder. It was also used by the Confederacy during the W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVZ1_the-tva-system-of-multipurpose-dams_Jasper-TN.html
The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Houston and the French Broad Rivers join.
The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQD7_the-will-cummings-highway_Jasper-TN.html
In recognition of the rare vision, the indomitable courage and capacity of achievement of Will Cummings, county judge of Hamilton County, the pioneer of permanent road building and public improvements in east Tennessee and the Chattanooga district…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAA_chiaha_Kimball-TN.html
To the south, in the Tennessee River, is Burns' Island, formerly known as Lowery's Island. Here, at the Creek town of Chiaha, DeSoto camped June 5 to 28, 1540, while two scouts were sent north 30 leagues in search of gold. Here the Spaniards first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMV_betsy-pack_Jasper-TN.html
Born Elizabeth Lowery, daughter of Chief John Lowery of the Cherokee, she lived in a house about 60 yards southeast after her marriage. She donated the ground on which the town of Jasper was laid out in 1820, when the county seat was moved here fr…