Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Mule Pulled Streetcars

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 17, 2022

1. Mule Pulled Streetcars Marker

Inscription. Before Nashville has electric streetcars, mules pulled cars between downtown and the city of Edgefield in the 1870s. This early form of public transportation attracted middle-class residents to the east bank suburb, which Nashville annexed in 1880.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles.

Location. 36° 9.993′ N, 86° 46.669′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from Union Street North. Located within Nashville Public Square Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 49-199 Union St N, Nashville TN 37201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

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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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jeffrey Lockelier (here, next to this marker); The Marquis de Lafayette's Visit to Nashville (here, next to this marker); Women and the Whig Party (here, next to this marker); City Haymarket (a few steps from this marker); First Nashville Library (a few steps from this marker); Site of Methodist Episcopal Church Publishing House (a few steps from this marker); L. Jonas & Company Millinery Firm (a few steps from this marker); Nashville's Public Square (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 17, 2022

2. Mule Pulled Streetcars Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 248 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.