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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVR_capshaw-school_Cookeville-TN.html
Founded in 1939, Capshaw School was part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal Program. Named in honor of Cookeville attorney and co-founder of Dixie College Robert Byrd Capshaw, the land that the school sits on, was once part of the Capshaw far…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FXD_walton-road-old-burnt-stand_Cookeville-TN.html
This street generally follows the course of the Old Walton Road, completed in 1801 and connecting present-day Kingston and Carthage. Along this principal land route between east and middle Tennessee rolled wagons taking settlers west, and stages c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FEF_tennessee-central-depot_Cookeville-TN.html
A locomotive on the Nashville-Knoxville Railroad first steamed into Cookeville in 1890. The Tennessee Central bought the line in 1902 and built this depot with its distinctive pagoda design in 1909. Soon six trains daily brought visitors, shoppers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FBV_israel-putnam_Cookeville-TN.html
Putnam County, created in 1842 and re-established in 1854, was named for Major General Israel Putnam, who was commissioned on June 19, 1775 by the Continental Congress. A popular hero of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Gen. Pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F9H_old-salem-methodist-church_Cookeville-TN.html
Isaac Buck organized this church, one of the oldest in the County in 1820. Before the Civil War the site was a famous camp meeting ground. When Putnam County was permanently established in 1854, courts met in the old log church, and militia muster…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16J8_town-spring_Cookeville-TN.html
On July 2, 1855, Charles Crook sold forty acres of land to the Putnam County Court for $100. An uncovered spring, located approximately fifty feet northwest of the marker, became known as "The Town Spring" and was the determining factor in locatin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI9F_israel-putnam_Cookeville-TN.html
Putnam County, created in 1842 and re-established in 1854, was named for Major General Israel Putnam, who was commissioned on June 19, 1775 by the Continental Congress. A popular hero of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Gen. Pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI9D_putnam-county-courthouses_Cookeville-TN.html
After Putnam County was established in 1854, this site was chosen for its courthouse. Fires destroyed the first building soon after it was erected in 1855, a second during the Civil War, and a third in 1899. Construction of this courthouse, James …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI9B_dixie-college_Cookeville-TN.html
This quadrangle was part of the grounds of the University of Dixie, commonly called "Dixie College," chartered 18 Nov. 1909. Jere Whitson and other Cookeville citizens led the drive for the college; Whitson donated twelve acres for the institution…
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