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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23DY_battle-of-fair-garden_Sevierville-TN.html
On January 25, 1864, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet ordered Gen. William T. Martin to eject Union cavalry from an area south of the French Broad River stretching from Dandridge to the Little Pigeon River. The next day, Union Gen. Samuel D. Stur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WBL_sweden-furnace-historical_Sevierville-TN.html
5 miles northwest, this was first called Short Mountain Furnace, using local orebank ore. Started about 1820 by Robert Shields; William K. Love and brothers operated it about 1830. Micajah C. Rogers bought it and changed its name in 1836. It close…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9S_old-dutch-settlement_Sevierville-TN.html
Here was an early German settlement. First settlers were Jacob Derrick, Jacob Bird, and Adam Fox. A fort stood on Derrick's land nearby. Mark Fox was killed by Indians on Muddy Creek, 1787; he was buried in Fox Cemetery. An early Lutheran church i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9R_harrisburg-covered-bridge_Sevierville-TN.html
The Harrisburg Covered Bridge, located in Sevier County, Tennessee, was built by Elbert Stephenson Early in 1875 and restored in 1972. That restoration was a joint effort through the Great Smokies Chapter and the Spencer Clark Chapter of the Daugh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPPP_harrisburg-covered-bridge_Sevierville-TN.html
400 yards south, this bridge was built over the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River in 1875 by Elbert Stephenson Early, an area resident who owned Newport Mills. The bridge had deteriorated and its loss was threatened until it was restored in 197…