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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DU_1947_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
Although many residents still felt Oak Ridge was a wartime town, they were now encouraged to view their city as possibly becoming a permanent community. This transition was kicked off January 1 when the Manhattan Engineering District handed off co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DT_1948_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
Union Carbide agreed to manage X-10 as well as the Y-12 plant with their new defense mission, and the K-25 uranium enrichment plant. Carbide named Nelson Rucker as X-10 executive director who with Alvin Weinberg instilling a sense of stability as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DS_1949_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
On January 20 "The Oak Ridger" published its first edition. It told the city's stories for decades, like a favorite talk about colorful, hard-driving General Leslie Groves, Manhattan Engineering District commandant. When he had needed mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZP_the-robertsville-community-historical_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
The Robertsville Community was settled in 1804 by Collins Roberts, who had received a 4,000-acre land grant in this region. Robertsville was one of four communities in the area that predated Oak Ridge. The community was dispersed in 1942 when the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OO7_the-emery-road_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
On a route that was first authorized to be "cut and cleared" in 1787, the Rock Pillar Bridge 60 yards to the north-northeast was built in the early 1900's. This road became known as the Emery Road and was one of the earliest routes used in the set…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYB_elza-gate_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
From April 1 1943, until March 19, 1949, this was the site of Elza Gate. Elza Gate was the primary entrance to the secret community of Oak Ridge and along with six other entry points, it was manned by armed gaurds. Elza Gate took its name from a l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVK_poplar-creek-seminary_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
Wheat Community Citizens established the Poplar Creek Seminary in 1877 as a center of higher education for area children. The Seminary's name was changed in 1886 to Roane College, chartered by the state of Tennessee as an accredited college. At it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVH_the-wheat-community_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
The Wheat Community was settled during the middle of the 19th century and took its name from the first postmaster, Frank Wheat. The area had originally been known as Bald Hill. Roane College, a liberal arts college, operated here from 1886-1908. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C4P_erected-in-memory-of-new-bethel-baptist-church_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
Opened 1851 - Closed 1942
Church building Stood 47 feet in front of this stoneIn Memory of our Dead
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15P1_oak-ridge_Oak-Ridge-TN.html
In 1943, Oak Ridge was created as the residential center for the Clinton Engineering Works. Located on the northeast corner of a 59,000-acre reservation acquired by the government in 1942, the community was designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merril…