Some history records that President Abraham Lincoln was born in a
one-room cabin in Kentucky. However, N.C. research historians and
generational stories hold that Lincoln was born on Puzzle Creek, near
Bostic, North Carolina, and that his father . . . — — Map (db m240784) HM
This park is dedicated to Barbara T. Meliski who served on Chimney Rock Village Council as Mayor Pro Temp from the date of incorporation in July 1991 until 2005, and as Mayor from 2005 until her retirement from office in November 2015. A passionate . . . — — Map (db m92054) HM
St. Louis physician Lucius B. Morse discovered the rugged beauty of
Hickory Nut Gorge on his first visit in 1900. Intrigued by the towering
Chimney Rock, he envisioned making this area accessible to the world
while preserving its natural beauty. . . . — — Map (db m209822) HM
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, the . . . — — Map (db m12890) HM
In the early 1900's when Cliffside Mill was built, a bell tower was erected to house this bell. It towered above the mill and looked out over the town. This bell was named the "Get Up Bell" by the people of Cliffside. The bell was rung as follows: . . . — — Map (db m14572) HM
In 1902 Raleigh Rutherford Haynes, one of the South’s leading textile pioneers, and the founder of Cliffside, built his home on this site. After Haynes’ death on February 6, 1917, his son Charles lived here for the next 40 years. The house was . . . — — Map (db m227395) HM
1887 The railroad corridor is chartered before the Civil War as the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad (completed to Rutherfordton in 1887). The Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad also begins construction (connects . . . — — Map (db m237933) HM
Governor of Arkansas, 1873-74; Union colonel in Civil War; elected to U.S. Senate, 1864, but not seated. Birthplace stood 4 1/2 miles S.E. — — Map (db m14575) HM
Organized as Cool Springs Baptist Church in John Bostick home in 1848-met there until 1855, about 500 feet west. First log Meeting House and Cemetery on Vance Street, 1855-1867. Second church house located in present Cool Springs Cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m14584) HM
1887
Forest City
Main Street
Historic District
National Register of
Historic Places
The town of Forest City
was originally incorporated
as Burnt Chimney in 1877. — — Map (db m14583) HM
To the memory of
Capt. H.D. Lee
and Company D 16th Regiment,
who were the first to leave from
Rutherford County for the
War Between The States
June 3rd, 1861, and
Capt. J.B. Eaves
and Company I 50th Regiment,
who left in . . . — — Map (db m14582) HM
Caroleen, North Carolina Born February 6, 1927 Died September 15, 1991 Major League Catcher Batted left-handed and threw right-handed 6-time All Star .295 Career Batting Average 126 Career Home runs 145 Career Pinch Hits — 4th all time high Signed . . . — — Map (db m197297) HM
North Carolina. Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c.1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.
South Carolina. Formed 1712, from part of Carolina, which was chartered in . . . — — Map (db m13046) HM
Site of Cool Springs Baptist Church, now First Baptist Church, organized in John Bostick Home, 1848. First log meeting house 1855-1867. First church and cemetery in settlement. — — Map (db m19995) HM
In Memory of
Left Panel
Captain Roy Huskey
Rutherford County
Sheriff's Department
Born May 25, 1931
Shot and killed in the
line of duty in rural
Rutherford County
May 31, 1979
Center Panel
Trooper
R.L. "Pete . . . — — Map (db m14580) HM
Among early landowners at the Great Fall on Second Broad River were Richard Henderson, a founder of the short-lived state of Transylvania, and Abner Nash, governor of North Carolina in 1780-81. Later owners used the water power of the High Shoal for . . . — — Map (db m14574) HM
Here sits the original Otis Elevator machine that transported
millions of guests to the Chimney level from the day it opened to
the public on May 15, 1949 for the next 68 years.
Installation of the elevator was completed on December 23, . . . — — Map (db m209823) HM
In 1879 Frank Reynolds and his family from Ayr, Scotland settled on waters of Cove Creek branch of Buffalo Creek. Here a small town grew up around a tannery operated by Reynolds and his sons, notably Thomas. On June 1, 1880 a post office named Ayr . . . — — Map (db m39739) HM
In Commemoration of Dr. Lucius B. Morse, 1871-1946, Hiram B. Morse, 1864-1952, Asahel U. Morse, 1864-1939
Three brothers whose vision and faith developed Chimney Rock and made the beauty of its area accessible to all future generations.
. . . — — Map (db m209826) HM
Named for Captain John Potts who was killed by Indians during the Revolutionary War. This Fort protected early settlers living in the cove near the Indian boundary line. — — Map (db m39737) HM
In Spring of 1927, this sixty-room hotel was opened simultaneously with the incorporation of the Town of Lake Lure (sister city of Lake Como, Italy) and the completion of the Lake Lure Dam which formed the lake, along with other matching . . . — — Map (db m234194) HM
Dr. Lucius B. Morse was a
visionary. When he rode his horse
through Hickory Nut Gorge for the first
time in 1900, he was captivated by
the rugged beauty and intrigued by the
towering Chimney Rock. He believed
that this area could be developed . . . — — Map (db m209824) HM
The church and cemetery before you is the final resting place for a Revolutionary War hero. Upon returning from the Battle of Kings Mountain, mortally wounded Lt. Thomas McCulloch was brought to Alexander McGaughey’s Fort adjacent to the church . . . — — Map (db m237871) HM WM
Near this site stood
Fort McGaughey, which
was constructed
during the
Revolutionary War
period and named for
Alexander McGaughey. — — Map (db m20343) HM
General Griffith Rutherford stationed at Fort McGaughey, built by the Colonial government of NC in 1765. He left McGaughey September 1780 with Col. James Martin and Col. Martin Armstrong going against the Cherokee Indians beyond the Blue Ridge. The . . . — — Map (db m20342) HM
Born October 2, 1802, a Baptist minister; first moderator of the Green River Baptist Association.
He built this house known as "The Webb House" in 1825; served in the House of Commons; Clerk of Superior Court; published a Rutherford County . . . — — Map (db m20345) HM
A Doorway for Your Imagination Christopher Bechtler's coining shop was a busy place during the 1830s. Every day, miners arrived to bring in raw gold or pick up their newly minted coins.
Although we know that Bechtler owned this property, . . . — — Map (db m240791) HM
Established 1831, four miles N., by Christopher Bechtler. Later stood at this point. Minted more than $2¼ million in gold. Closed about 1849. — — Map (db m14599) HM
Christopher Bechtler: A Fascination with Gold Christopher Bechtler was a brilliant man
of seemingly boundless energy.
At the technical college in his home town of Pforzheim, he learned jewelry and clockmaking and became a skilled . . . — — Map (db m240804) HM
(preface)
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m208801) HM
In 1787 fifty acres of land were purchased from James Adair for founding of Rutherford Town, which serves as the second county seat. — — Map (db m14594) HM
Founder of Syracuse, N.Y., early advocate of Erie Canal. Moved to N. Carolina, 1829. Land and mining speculator.
Grave is 50 yds. east. — — Map (db m14598) HM
Making Millions: The Bechtler Mint Site It was on this site from 1831 to 1840 that Christopher Bechtler operated the nation's most successful private mint, turning raw gold into nearly $3 million in coins and ingots.
A talented inventor, . . . — — Map (db m240860) HM
Drawn by the gold to be found in our rivers, thousands of fortune
seekers kindled a North Carolina Gold Rush to these foothills in the
1820s. Among them was the German jeweler Christopher Bechtler who
bought this land in 1830 and began his own – . . . — — Map (db m240796) HM
Rutherford County, created in 1779, was named for Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford. Griffith Rutherford helped protect Rutherford County through his service as leader of Rutherford Trace in 1776. While serving in the Revolutionary War, Griffith . . . — — Map (db m14590) HM
(Preface): On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m34075) HM
Completed in 1847. The oldest original church building standing in Rutherford County. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. — — Map (db m14595) HM
Beyond this dark opening is a mystery tunnel. Was it Bechtler's mine? With some evidence pointing that way, it is certainly a possibility.
By 1831, Bechtler was using a water-powered “stamp mill” of the type used to crush gold-bearing rock. . . . — — Map (db m240802) HM
Reynolds' Division of the XIV Corps forced Hoover's Gap, driving a task force of Bate's & Bushrod Johnson's Brigades back to Fairfield, 5 mi. S.W., whence it had come. The XIV Corps reunited with other units of Rosecrans' army at Manchester, thus . . . — — Map (db m82331) HM
Moving south about 3 mi. E., the XX Federal Corps (McCook) was stopped at Liberty Gap, 6 mi. S.E., by the 5th & 15th Arkansas Inf., of Liddell's Brigade, later reinforced by Cleburne's Division. With its 1st (Jeff C. Davis) & 2nd (R.W. Johnson) . . . — — Map (db m25434) HM
John Rushing, James Keele, and John Landrum
founded the Harpeth Baptist Church on Nov, 7,
1839. Rushing was the first pastor. In 1840 John
Scales donated two acres on the Harpeth River
north of Eagleville for the site of the . . . — — Map (db m150978) HM
West of the Nashville Turnpike stands the home of Mary Kate Patterson, a Confederate spy. She assisted Capt. Henry B. Shaw's Coleman's Scouts, a Confederate cavalry unit and spy network that served the Army of Tennessee, from 1862 to 1865. She . . . — — Map (db m146609) HM
Heroine of the South, worked with Coleman's Scouts and Sam Davis to spy in the LaVergne-Nolensville-Nashville area. When a teenager, she smuggled vital information and supplies through Union lines. Mrs. Kyle was buried in the Confederate Circle in . . . — — Map (db m205473) HM
Striking this area about 1:00 P.M. Wheeler attacked with three columns, and captured 200 stands of arms, numerous horses and mules and 500 prisoners, and destroyed the Reserve Wagon Train of the Federal XIV Corps. To forestall further attacks, Col. . . . — — Map (db m205472) HM
On March 20, 1863, a brigade of Union infantry took a position on this ridge and held off repeated attacks by General John H. Morgan's Confederate cavalry. The 1500 Federals, under the command of Colonel Hall, inflicted heavy casualties on the 2000 . . . — — Map (db m55483) HM
With a certificate of freedom praising his industry and morality, Sherrod Bryant (1781-1854) moved here from Granville County, N.C., before 1840. A farmer, he was probably the wealthiest free black in Tennessee by 1850, owning land and slaves worth . . . — — Map (db m154968) HM
One of Tennessee's early country music performers was the irrepressible singer and banjo player, Uncle Dave Macon, the "Dixie Dewdrop."
David Harrison Macon was born in the tiny hamlet of Smartt Station in Warren County, and spent his teenage . . . — — Map (db m202907) HM
Mary Noailles Murfree, who later became a prominent authoress under this pen-name, was born at "Grantlands," whose site is now marked by a large pine tree, Jan. 24, 1850. Educated at the Nashville Female Academy, later in Philadelphia, her first . . . — — Map (db m99734) HM
Born in Warren County in 1870, David H. Macon, the "Dixie Dew Drop,” was a farmer, freight hauler, and banjo picker and comedy singer in vaudeville. He was one of the first artists on the Grand Ole Opry, where he performed for 27 years. . . . — — Map (db m146750) HM
-James Negley, brigadier general, commanding 2nd Division, Center Wing The jumbled rocks you see here sheltered the four Union regiments of Miller's brigade during a hard two-hour-long fight. Rebel bullets whined and ricocheted, wounding many. Men . . . — — Map (db m168516) HM
My poor Orphan Brigade! They have cut it to pieces!
John C. Breckinridge, major general, commanding 1st Division, Hardee's Corps
Near here four Confederate regiments from Kentucky charged for over a mile to assault the Federal . . . — — Map (db m168564) HM
The sound judgement of Major John Mendenhall, my chief-of-artillery, enabled me to open 58 guns almost simultaneously...turn[ing] a dashing [rebel] charge into a sudden retreat and route, in which the enemy lost...1800 men in a few moments...The . . . — — Map (db m168570) HM
This view of a tree-lined East Main Street was taken from the courthouse cupola by an unknown photographer.
In the left foreground is the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, constructed in 1859. The congregation was unable to complete the . . . — — Map (db m82333) HM
The telephone had made its way into many rural homes
by the early 1900s. All calls had to be connected by an
operator at a switchboard similar to the one at the Cannonsburgh Telephone Exchange Company.
this switchboard originally came from the . . . — — Map (db m90674) HM
1921 City purchases the Waterworks, and begins improvements to water supply.
1924 Commonwealth Fund's Child Health Demonstration begins.
1927 Carnation Milk Plant opens on Lytle Creek. Rutherford County Hospital opens. Stones . . . — — Map (db m207997) HM
The Rostrum is beautifully located in a grove of native trees ... and will be very greatly appreciated by the people who attend the Decoration [Memorial Day] ceremonies. James Gall, Quartermaster Department Inspector, after inspecting the new . . . — — Map (db m37509) HM
Early 1900s Expansion of public schools in city and county.
1907 Tennessee College for Women opens.
1911 Middle Tennessee State Normal School opens.
1913 Tornado ravages downtown.
1914 Rutherford County . . . — — Map (db m207996) HM
1811 Cap. William Lytle donates 60 acres to establish the town of Murfreesboro. It is named after Colonel Hardy Murfree. Murfreesboro is created as new county seat. First house is erected. Bradley Academy is opened as the first all boy's . . . — — Map (db m207991) HM
"Nearly every house in the place is filled with government stores. There is a pile of meat larger than our house, besides flour, hay, corn, coffee, rice, sugar, salt, tea, vinegar, etc. etc.... If one family of ten persons had these rations to . . . — — Map (db m37837) HM
These two Wiard rifled cannon represent two of the four guns lost by Lt. Alexander Marshall of Battery G 1st Ohio Light Artillery (originally two 12 pdr. howitzers, two 12 pdr Wiard rifles, and two six pdr. Wiard rifles.) These guns valiantly but . . . — — Map (db m168515) HM
In the Maneys’ time and today, agriculture has played
a central role in the economy and culture of Middle Tennessee.
Fertile, Productive Farmland
The diverse geology of Middle Tennessee resulted in a variety of agriculture, from . . . — — Map (db m90999) HM
...thousands of small arms kept up the roar equal to Niagara. Men were swept away by hundreds - trees shrubs and everything was torn up, cut off, or shivered ... John Magee, corporal, Stanford's Mississippi Light Artillery Veterans called . . . — — Map (db m37374) HM
Three principal Indian and pioneer trails
cut across Rutherford County connecting
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and
the Atlantic Coast substantially following
animal trails to salt and water. Great South
Trail continued to Alabama and . . . — — Map (db m158268) HM
1842 Union University is chartered.
Early 1850 Burton family constructs "Bellwood” house above Mürfree Spring. The second owner, James Avent, later establishes Stones River Creamery at the spring.
1851 First Nashville and . . . — — Map (db m207992) HM
Almost all of the buildings that surround the courthouse now date from after the Civil War.
Constructed in a restrained frugality more than stylistic choice, these structures replaced the earlier stores and warehouses that composed the . . . — — Map (db m69155) HM
Moving to Bradyville, 14 mi. S.E., the XXI Corps (T.L. Crittenden) advanced against minor Confederate resistance on Manchester, to rendezvous with the rest of the Army under cover of Granger's feint at Shelbyville. This flanked the Army of Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m82334) HM
From this ideal position, Loomis' Battery (1st Michigan Light Artillery - six 2.9" Parrott rifles and Guenther's Battery Co. H, 5th U.S. Artillery - six 12 pdr. Napoleons) smashed Confederate attempts to capture the Nashville Pike, the only supply . . . — — Map (db m168761) HM
Confederate infantry started to wade the river. Could they be stopped? Captain John Mendenhall massed 57 guns here. Shot, shell and canister rained on the attackers, costing them almost 16 casualties a minute. The Confederates could not stand the . . . — — Map (db m168568) HM
The ash hopper was essential to every family in the days when soap was homemade. The hopper provided storage for wood ashes used in making lye soap. Come spring, soap-making time, water was poured over the ashes and after several hours of soaking, . . . — — Map (db m90679) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862. You are here at the Stones . . . — — Map (db m37408) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862. To explore their stories, . . . — — Map (db m37606) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862. To explore their stories, . . . — — Map (db m37666) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862.
To explore their . . . — — Map (db m37694) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862.
To explore their . . . — — Map (db m37751) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862.
To explore their . . . — — Map (db m37762) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves key portions of the ground where one of the most important battles of the Civil War raged from December 31, 1862 through January 2, 1863.
I can never forget… you gave us a hard earned victory, . . . — — Map (db m168521) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans—some 81,000 men—clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's Eve 1862.
To explore their . . . — — Map (db m181329) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves key portions of the ground where one of the most important battles of the Civil War raged from December 31, 1862 through January 2, 1863.
I can never forget … you gave us a hard earned victory, . . . — — Map (db m182125) HM
Stones River National Battlefield preserves key portions of the ground where one of the most important battles of the Civil War raged from December 31, 1862 through January 2, 1863.
I can never forget… you gave us a hard . . . — — Map (db m182251) HM
(preface)
For two weeks in July 1862, Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest led 1,400 cavalrymen through Middle Tennessee to raid, scout and disrupt the Union Army of the Cumberland’s operation there. Leaving McMinnville on July 13, Forrest fought . . . — — Map (db m69157) HM
1/2 mile north is the hillock commanding a ford over Stone's River. Here Capt. John Mendenhall, 4th US Artillery, artillery officer on Gen. Crittenden's Staff, set a groupment of 58 guns which broke up the assault across the river of Maj. Gen. John . . . — — Map (db m82335) HM
(preface)
Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans led the Army of the Cumberland from Nashville towards Murfreesboro in December 1862, while Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg and the Army of Tennessee occupied the town to protect the approaches to . . . — — Map (db m168567) HM
In 1897, Lodge #11 of the Colored Benevolent Society established this cemetery to serve Murfreesboro's African Americans in the era of Jim Crow segregation. Members included Berry Seward, the city's first black electrician, and Drs. George C. Harden . . . — — Map (db m186061) HM
The Reverend Ebenezer Macgowan (February 17, 1767-April 30, 1850) was born in England, migrated to Virginia and ordained by Bishop Asbury before settling here. In 1818 the
Reverend Macgowan donated land for a log meeting house that was named . . . — — Map (db m151210) HM
1/2 mi. east were the hunting grounds of Cherokee Chief Black Fox, Inali. On Sept. 7, 1794, Ore's Expedition overpowered Black Fox at the spring. According to legend, to avoid capture Black Fox leaped into the spring and emerged from Murfree . . . — — Map (db m82337) HM
Stood 100 yards E. Organized 1806, with Jos. Dixon, Jno. R. Bedford, Jn. Thompson, St., Wm. P. Anderson, and Robert Smith trustees, it was supported partly by tuition fees, partly by lotteries. An early headmaster was Samuel P. Black. James K. Polk . . . — — Map (db m26064) HM
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