Welcome to Monteagle

Welcome to Monteagle. . Monteagle's settlement history began with a 5,000-acre land grant to John Bostick in 1792. In 1855, construction began on the Mountain Goat Railroad, extending first from Cowan to Sewanee, then through what would become Monteagle, and on to Tracy City., It was on this railroad in May 1870 that John Moffat, a Scottish born temperance leader, came to the mountain. His train stop hamlet officially became known as Moffat Station in 1871, later becoming "Mont Eagle," and finally present-day "Monteagle" when the town was officially incorporated in 1962, as construction began on the first section of Interstate 24 in this area., Monteagle is home to many historic sites, stories and people, including Al Capone, Andrew Lytle, the DuBose Conference Center, the Great Eagle Caper, Hamper McBee, the Highlander Folk School, Historic Highway 41-the "Dixie Highway." Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Martin Luther King Jr., the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly, Rosa Parks and the Trail of Tears., Adventures in Monteagle , >>>> The Monteagle Sunday School Assembly was created during the Chautauqea Movement in the late 1800s, and continues to offer assemblies each year , >>>>The multimodal hiking and biking Mountain Goat Trail traces the path of the former Mountain Goat Railroad, which stretched from Cowan to Palmer, connecting the South Cumberland region , >>>The RyeMabee Mansion, known today an High Point Restaurant, was once home to gangster Al Capone's girlfriend; he frequently came here to avoid "the law" , >>>>The DuBose Conference Center began as Fairmount College for Women in 1878 , >>>>The South Cumberland State Park Welcome and Information Center, on Highway 41, offers park maps. information and family-friendly activities