Bluff View in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Harry Scott Probasco Family

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 2021

1. Harry Scott Probasco Family Marker

Inscription. The Harry Scott Probasco family came from Lawrenceburg, Indiana to settle in Chattanooga in 1884. The family profession originally was millwork until beginning in the trust and bond business, American National Bank and Trust being the end product. In 1938 Scott Livingston Probasco gave this plot to the city of Chattanooga to make a park. In 1992 Scott Livingston Probasco, Jr. and his sisters gave the city of Chattanooga permission for River Gallery Sculpture Garden to be developed.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1884.

Location. 35° 3.255′ N, 85° 18.26′ W. Marker is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It is in Bluff View. It is on East 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 411 East 2nd Street, Chattanooga TN 37403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Site of Battery Smartt (about 700 feet away); Hunter Museum of American Art (about 800 feet away); The Beginnings of Iron Manufacture in Chattanooga (approx. 0.2 miles away); From Oblivion to Rebirth: Archaeological Research at the Bluff Furnace Site (approx. 0.2 miles away); Innovation and Disaster

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Bluff Furnace Historical Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of General Bragg's Headquarters (approx. 0.2 miles away); Swaim's Jail (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.

Other markers no longer nearby. Point in the Line of Fort Sherman (was about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing); Site of Battery Bushnell (was about 700 feet away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named Point in the Line of Fort Sherman (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V. (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Sculpture Garden | River Gallery. (Submitted on February 28, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 2021

2. Harry Scott Probasco Family Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 580 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 28, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.