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Red Boiling Springs in Macon County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Bush's Ax Handle Mill

 
 
Bush's Ax Handle Mill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 21, 2021
1. Bush's Ax Handle Mill Marker
Inscription. This mill was owned and managed by Oscar David Bush and was operated by electricity. Ax handles were made and then later blank handles were made for the Lebanon Handle Company. It closed circa 1953.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1953.
 
Location. 36° 31.878′ N, 85° 50.955′ W. Marker is in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, in Macon County. It is on East Main Street (Tennessee Route 151) just south of Zina Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 224 High St, Red Boiling Springs TN 37150, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South 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.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bush's Planeing Mill (here, next to this marker); J.B. Brusher Handle Factory (here, next to this marker); The Cumberland Trace (within shouting distance of this marker); The Big Barren Buffalo Road (within shouting distance of this marker); 'Little Red Well' (within shouting distance of this marker); Gaines Boarding House (within shouting distance of this marker); Armour's Hotel Bed and Breakfast (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Joines Boarding House (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Red Boiling Springs.
 
Bush's Ax Handle Mill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 21, 2021
2. Bush's Ax Handle Mill Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 309 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 12, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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