Erwin in Unicoi County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Greasy Cove Racetrack

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

1. Greasy Cove Racetrack Marker

Inscription. In the valley 500 yards north were held many kinds of frontier diversions, including racing on a half~mile semicircular track. Here, in 1788, Andrew Jackson, then 21 years old, rode his horse in a match race against a horse belonging to Col. Robert Love, ridden by a professional jockey. Jackson lost. (Marker Number 1A 39.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Sports. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, and the Tennessee Historical Commission series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1788.

Location. 36° 7.443′ N, 82° 26.456′ W. Marker is in Erwin, Tennessee, in Unicoi County. It is on Jackson Love Hwy. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Erwin TN 37650, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in the Tri-Cities Area.

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 original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Battle of Red Banks / Reunion for the Boys in Blue (approx. 0.3 miles away); To the Women of the Confederacy (approx. 1.9 miles away); Unicoi County / The Town of Erwin (approx. 2.1 miles away); Blue Ridge Pottery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Keystone Pottery (approx. 5½ miles away); Plum Grove (approx. 6.1 miles away); North Carolina / Tennessee

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(approx. 6.1 miles away in North Carolina); Jacob Brown (approx. 6.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erwin.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

2. Greasy Cove Racetrack Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 18, 2023

3. Greasy Cove Racetrack Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,095 times since then and 135 times this year. Last updated on May 5, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 27, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 3. submitted on October 22, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.