Tracy City in Grundy County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

The Marugg Company

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2022

1. The Marugg Company Marker

Inscription. has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1873

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.

Location. 35° 15.669′ N, 85° 44.271′ W. Marker is in Tracy City, Tennessee, in Grundy County. It is at the intersection of Depot Street and Laurel Street, on the left when traveling north on Depot Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 88 Depot St, Tracy City TN 37387, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8

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other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named The Marugg Company (a few steps from this marker); Beersheba Springs Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Charley's Camp in the Horseshoe (within shouting distance of this marker); Mary Noailles Murfree (within shouting distance of this marker); WPA in Grundy County and Highlander Folk School - Part 2 (within shouting distance of this marker); Warren Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Tracy City (within shouting distance of this marker); WPA in Grundy County and Highlander Folk School - Part 1 (within shouting distance of this marker); Who are the Tourists? (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tracy City.

Regarding The Marugg Company. Excerpt from the National Register nomination, submitted in 1987:

The Marugg Company, which specializes in the mailorder business of scythes, may be one of the oldest extant mailorder businesses in the state. The Marugg Company was founded in 1873 by Martin Marugg, one of the early Swiss settlers of Gruetli. The Marugg Company, which specialized
via NPS, unknown

2. Marugg Company
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
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in Austrian scythes and other cutting-edged hand tools, was started in Gruetli. The company moved to Tracy City around 1891 and in 1904 the current building was constructed. The building was, and still is, used for both the manufacturing of handles and the mailorder business.

Also see . . . The Marugg Company. Company website homepage:
Despite interruptions caused by war, several ownership changes and the popularity of gas-powered cutters, the company has continued to operate. (Submitted on March 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2022

3. The Marugg Company Marker

The Marugg Co. Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2022

4. The Marugg Co. Building

Credits. This page was last revised on December 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 964 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on June 30, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on March 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.