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

Wooten Mine

 
 
Wooten Mine Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 18, 2025
1. Wooten Mine Marker
Inscription. Here is where it all started. From this coal mine, At Tracy City, Tennessee, grew the South's largest steel producer--the Tennessee Coal & Iron Division of the United States Steel Corporation.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.
 
Location. 35° 15.659′ N, 85° 44.222′ W. Marker is in Tracy City, Tennessee, in Grundy County. It can be reached from Laurel Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14 Laurel Street, 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 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Artifacts in the Exhibit Area (a few steps from this marker); Mountain People (a few steps from this marker); Shook School Traffic Control (a few steps from this marker); The Formation of Coal on the Plateau (a few steps from this marker); Leonard L. Tate (a few steps from this marker); Golden's No. 1 New Model Sorghum Mill (a few steps from this marker); Mountain Goat (a few steps from this marker); Farquhar Steam Engine and Boiler (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tracy City.
 
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Wooten Mine Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 18, 2025
2. Wooten Mine Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 120 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 6, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 4, 2026