| Tennessee (Rhea County), Dayton — Old Cornerstone / Smith's Crossroads Scopes Trial Trail | | | Old Cornerstone
In 1832, the tree that marked the corner between John Abel and Robert Cosby was replaced with the stone by this plaque.
Smith's Crossroads
On Highway 30 west at the outskirts of Dayton, there is a Trail of Tears sign and a sign for the William J. Bryan Highway, designated as such by the Tennessee legislature in 1937. — Map (db m55805) HM | | Tennessee (Rhea County), Dayton — Rhea County Courthouse | | | (left brick column near sidewalk)
Rhea County
Courthouse
1891
Site of
Scopes Evolution Trial
1925
National Historic
Landmark
1977
(right brick column near sidewalk)
Scopes Evolution Trial
Considered one of the most significant trials of the 20th century, The Scopes Evolution Trial featured a contest of issued argued by some of the most famous lawyers in America. Creation versus evolution, science versus religion, majority versus minority . . . — Map (db m54244) HM | | Tennessee (Rhea County), Dayton — Rhea County Veteran's Memorial | | | In honor of the gallant men and women
of Rhea County
who participated in the struggle
to keep American mighty and free
WORLD WAR II
(left plaque)
U.S. Army
Allen, Glen C. Atkins, William M. Baker, John C. Bales, James H. Blake, Arnold F. Boles, James Boles, Roy Byron, Ellis Courtland Byron, Jack E. Clingan, David A. Cobble, Harry L. Cofer, William C. Colvin, Charles E. Cunningham, Joe R., Jr. Davault, Warren G.H. Dodson, Joe E. . . . — Map (db m54246) WM | | Tennessee (Rhea County), Dayton — 2B 28 — Smiths Crossroads | | | Named for pioneer settler William Smith, a New England teacher and merchant, who settled here in 1820, it was the junction of the Kiuka War Trace (later Black Fox Trail) to the Cumberland and the main north-south Indian trail to the Great Lakes. Here in 1838 the Trail of Tears crossed the Tennessee Valley from Blythes Ferry. Named Sequatchie with the coming of the railroad in the late 1870s, it was soon renamed Dayton. Scottish industialists developed coal and iron resources in the 1880s. — Map (db m4053) HM | | Tennessee (Rhea County), Dayton — 2B 23 — The Scopes Trial | | | Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925, John Thomas Scopes, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays and Dudley Field Malone the defense. Scopes was convicted. — Map (db m4054) HM | | Tennessee (Rhea County), Dayton — William Jennings Bryan | | | (Marker front):
William Jennings Bryan
1860 - 1925
Presidential Nominee
Secretary of State
Congressman
Christian Statesman
Author and Orator
(On the statue's proper left):
"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
America's Mission 1899
(On the statue's proper right):
"The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger . . . — Map (db m54243) HM | | Tennessee (Rhea County), Graysville — Graysville Academy | | | On this site was founded Graysville Academy by a group of Seventh-day Adventists who were organized as a church on Sept. 8, 1888. Recognizing the need for training young people in order that the work of the church in the South could be expanded, a school was started Feb 20, 1892 above the store of J.W. Clouse in the village of Graysville, with G.W. Colcord as principal. With the donation of this land, the administration building was erected in 1893 and the school was named Graysville Academy. . . . — Map (db m26018) HM | | Tennessee (Rhea County), Graysville — 2B16 — Rhea County / Hamilton County | | | Rhea County
Established 1807; named in honor of
John Rhea
Revolutionary veteran, who fought at King's Mountain. Delegate to the North Carolina Convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution; member of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1796. State House of Representatives, 1796-97 & of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1803-15 & 1817-23. One of the early leaders in higher education.
Hamilton County
Established 1819; named in honor of Alexander Hamilton
who . . . — Map (db m26017) HM |
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