Grand Junction in Hardeman County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

The Bird Dog Foundation, Inc.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 16, 2021

1. The Bird Dog Foundation, Inc. Marker

Inscription. Under whose aegis provided facilities for

The National Bird Dog Museum
Dedicated February 16, 1991

The Field Trial Hall of Fame
Dedicated September 24, 1994

The Wildlife Heritage Center
Dedicated September 20, 1996

The National Retriever Museum
Dedicated February 7, 2004

A Grand Sporting Dog Center

Founders
L. Wilson Dunn, Captain Garette E. Lockee, Thomas W. Faller, Bernard J. Matthys, and John S. O'Neall, Jr.

Incorporated on May 27, 1988

Erected by The Bird Dog Foundation, Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Education • Sports. A significant historical date for this entry is May 27, 1988.

Location. 35° 3.025′ N, 89° 11.61′ W. Marker is in Grand Junction, Tennessee, in Hardeman County. It is on Tennessee Route 57 0.1 miles west of Virginia Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 422 Route 57, Grand Junction TN 38039, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

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and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Bird Dog Field Trials (within shouting distance of this marker); Grand Junction (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Bird Dog & Field Trial Capital of the World (approx. 0.8 miles away); Woodlawn (approx. 1½ miles away); The Gloster - Anderson Graveyard (approx. 2.4 miles away); Immanuel Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); LaGrange (approx. 2.9 miles away); Grierson's Raid (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grand Junction.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 16, 2021

2. The Bird Dog Foundation, Inc. Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.