On East Market Street (U.S. 64) at North Main Street (Tennessee Route 125), on the right when traveling west on East Market Street.
Located midway between Memphis and Corinth, Mississippi, Bolivar's position on the Hatchie River (a navigable route to the Mississippi River) and its junction of north-south railroads made it a strategic location for both armies. By the fall of . . . — — Map (db m84786) HM
On North Main Street at East Market Street (U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
(South face) To the Confederate dead of Hardeman County Tennessee
(West face) Hardeman County erects this monument to the memory of her sons, fallen in the service of the Confederate States
(East face) In hope of a joyful . . . — — Map (db m168733) WM
On North Main Street (Tennessee Route 18) at East Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Dedicated to the honor and glory of those of Hardeman County who served their country in The Spanish American War World Wars I & II The Korean Conflict. The Vietnam War — — Map (db m171370) WM
On S Washington Street, on the left when traveling north.
Born in Iredell County, North Carolina, Bills settled in Bolivar, or Hatchie Town, as it was then called, in 1821. A successful merchant, planter, real estate operator and politician, he was also an extensive traveler and a diarist. Bills purchased . . . — — Map (db m84785) HM
On North Main Street (Tennessee Route 18/125) south of Ruby Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Here in early days was Fowler's Ferry, at the head of steamboat navigation on the Hatchie River. A town, named Hatchie, was established in 1819. In 1824, because of repeated floods, the town was moved about 2 miles south and named Bolivar, in honor . . . — — Map (db m51781) HM
On Matilda Street just west of South Union Street, on the left when traveling west.
The land was acquired by James K. Polk, Jr. and others on October 23, 1845 as a family cemetery for the descendents of Ezekiel Polk. Colonel Polk, the patriarch of the Polk family in Tennessee, was the grandfather of President James Knox Polk. The . . . — — Map (db m148497) HM
On Market Street (U.S. 64) at Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on Market Street.
Organized April 17, 1834. The Present edifice, completed 1870 and consecrated by Bishop Charles T. Quintard, replaced a brick building built in 1840. The memorial window for Gen. Otho F. Strahl and Lt. John Marsh, both killed in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m81775) HM
On East Market Street (U.S. 64 at milepost 14.5), 0.2 miles east of E Margin Street, on the right when traveling west.
The old Savannah-Bolivar Road, aligned with present-day US Hwy 64. was the route taken by approximately 660 Cherokees led by John Bell and military escort US Army Lieutenant Edward Deas. John Bell was a signer of the Treaty of New Echota which set . . . — — Map (db m164129) HM
On State Highway 57, on the right when traveling east.
Tennessee State Sportsmen's Association hosted America's first public bird dog field trial near Memphis in 1874. Field trials began at Grand Junction in 1881. Various clubs hosted annual trials here. Grand Junction hosted its first National Field . . . — — Map (db m19243) HM
On Tippah Street south of Tennessee Highway 57, on the right when traveling south.
Grand Junction is named for its location, where the Memphis and Charleston and Mississippi Central Railroads intersect, and was strategically important to both Confederate and Union forces. After defeats at Shiloh and Corinth, Confederates tore up . . . — — Map (db m37277) HM
On Tennessee Route 57, 0.1 miles west of Virginia Street, on the right when traveling east.
Under whose aegis provided facilities for
The National Bird Dog Museum
Dedicated February 16, 1991
The Field Trial Hall of Fame
Dedicated September 24, 1994
The Wildlife Heritage Center
Dedicated September 20, . . . — — Map (db m171478) HM
On Tennessee Route 18 at Church Street, on the right when traveling south on State Route 18.
This is the boiler portion of the sassafras mill that operated in Hickory Valley. It took native sassafras roots and processed them into an aromatic oil used in medicine, perfume, and flavoring. A man with a mule regularly dug a ton of roots a day . . . — — Map (db m51795) HM
On State Highway 18 south of Enon Lane, on the left when traveling south.
Ordered to raid Federal supply lines in West Tennessee, Confederate General Frank C. Armstrong rode north from Holly Springs, Mississippi in August 1862, with a large force of cavalry. Near this spot on August 30, Armstrong engaged a Union brigade . . . — — Map (db m51736) HM
Near Essary Springs Road, 1.1 miles south of Wolf Pen Road, on the left when traveling east.
Front In memory of the men who fought here October 5, 1862 BATTLE OF DAVIS BRIDGE Poor is the nation that has no heroes Shameful is the nation that has them and forgets. CONFEDERATE Back Duty is the . . . — — Map (db m62459) WM
On State Highway 57, on the right when traveling east.
Here a force of three brigades under Major General E.O.C. Ord, USA, enroute from Bolivar to Corinth, seized high ground to the east and turned aside the Confederate Army of W. Tennessee, retiring to Holly Springs after its abortive attack on . . . — — Map (db m19241) HM
On Essary Springs Road, 1.1 miles south of Wolf Pen Road, on the right when traveling north.
By late spring 1862, United States forces in the West threatened to cut the Confederacy in two, having captured both New Orleans and Memphis on the Mississippi River, and the vital railroad hub at Corinth, Mississippi, thereby severing the Memphis & . . . — — Map (db m56129) HM
Near Essary Springs Road, 1.3 miles south of Wolf Pen Road, on the right when traveling north.
Here along the Hatchie River, Confederate and Union forces fought a short but brutal battle. Repulsed with devastating losses from an unsuccessful attempt to retake Corinth, the Confederates discovered their retreat blocked when Union troops from . . . — — Map (db m56144) HM
On U.S. 64, 1 mile west of Ferguson Road, on the left when traveling west.
(obverse)
Hardeman County
Established 1823: named in honor of
Thomas Jones Hardeman
Captain in War of 1812; colonel of Tennessee militia in the fighting before New Orleans; quartermaster, Jackson’s Natchez expedition, 1812. . . . — — Map (db m63088) HM
