On West Garfield Street at South Osage Street, on the right when traveling west on West Garfield Street.
In honor of Mrs. Susanna Madora Salter, first woman mayor in the United States. She served as Mayor of Argonia, Kansas 1887. Born March 2, 1860. — — Map (db m229899) HM
The Chisholm Trail probably began as a buffalo migration route, linking summer pastures in the Central Plains to winter pastures in Texas. American Indians followed the buffalo and shared the route with U.S. explorers, who mapped it in the 1850s. In . . . — — Map (db m96433) HM
Like waves across an ocean of grain, wind ripples through acre after acre of wheat in Sumner County. This area produces more hard red wheat than any other in the United States.
Mennonites who emigrated from Europe in the 1870's planted the . . . — — Map (db m97665) HM
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 81) east of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
This Kansas limestone relief sculpture, by Cherokee sculptor Eddie Morrison, depicts the variety of cultures which have occupied and influenced this area. Each group, from Native Americans to early pioneers, farmers, and adventurers, have shared the . . . — — Map (db m96551) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at East 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.
Caldwell "The Border Queen"
Founded 1871, incorporated 1879 by a town company of investors from Wichita and named for U. S. Sen. Alexander Caldwell. The original townsite was north of Ave. F, the Kansas state line prior to 1876. . . . — — Map (db m96545) HM
A mile southeast of this marker the Chisholm Trail entered Kansas. It took its name from Jesse Chisholm, Indian trader, whose route lay between the North Canadian river and present Wichita. In 1867 it was extended from the Red river to Abilene when . . . — — Map (db m49504) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at East 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
By the close of the Civil War in 1865, the cattle herds and cowboys from Texas began forging trails through Oklahoma and The Cherokee Strip to rail heads in Kansas. The most famous route of all was the Chisholm Trail. Caldwell Kansas became the . . . — — Map (db m96608) HM
On West Central Avenue west of North Main Street (Kansas Highway 49), on the right when traveling west.
Front
Cowtown Law Enforcement
On August 21, 1879, the Caldwell police force, consisting of a marshal and assistant marshal, was created by the city council. The new officers would daily take before the new police . . . — — Map (db m96611) HM
On S. Fall Creek Road (U.S. 81), on the left when traveling south.
The silhouette on the bluff to the East, astride the actual Chisholm Trail, was completed in 1995 after hundreds of hours of volunteered labor, land, and donations. The "Ghosts" will forever remind us of the great cattle drives, 1866 - 1887, when . . . — — Map (db m11604) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) south of West Avenue A, on the right when traveling south.
Hired as assistant marshal in 1882 and later promoted to marshal. Henry Brown had failed to tell the city council about his interesting past which included cattle rustling, riding with Billy the Kid, and a trivial murder charge during the Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m96524) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) north of East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
George Flatt (1853-1880), Caldwell's first city marshal, and a fearless gunfighter, was gunned down here the night of June 19, 1880, 2 months after leaving the police force. Flatt had argued with two police officers earlier in the evening and died . . . — — Map (db m96521) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at East 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
This corner was occupied by the Exchange Saloon, the site of many shooting incidents between cowpokes and outlaws during the 1870s and 1880s. The saloon was destroyed by fire in 1898. The first floor of this building was built in 1902 with materials . . . — — Map (db m96542) HM
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 81) east of North Main Street (State Highway 49), on the right when traveling east.
By 1885 a reform movement had begun in this wild cowtown. The open saloons were being forced underground into "blind tigers", a place where liquor could be bought through a slot in the door but neither the seller nor the buyer could see the other. . . . — — Map (db m96537) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) south of East Avenue A, on the right when traveling north.
Red Light Saloon
On the NE corner of Chisholm and Ave A stood the Red Light Saloon which helped give Caldwell its reputation as the most lawless cowtown. In April, 1880 George and Mag Wood literally disassembled their Wichita . . . — — Map (db m96528) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) at West Central Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
On July 7, 1879, in the Moreland Saloon, Deputy Constable John Wilson and a citizen, George Flatt, cornered two cowboys named Woods and Adams. They had been firing their guns outside in celebration of being paid for a Texas cattle drive earlier in . . . — — Map (db m96538) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) south of East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
On December 17, 1881 in the alley east, Mike Meagher, past Wichita Marshal and Caldwell Mayor was killed in a shootout with Jim Talbot and his gang. Also killed by the gunfire was George Spears, former policeman, who had changed to the Talbot side. . . . — — Map (db m96534) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
By 1884 the growing city of Caldwell was interested in promoting the finer cultural aspects of life and plans were made to construct a new Grand Opera House. During that year an opulent three story brick structure was erected on this site. It was . . . — — Map (db m96546) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) north of East First Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The first building erected at Caldwell was, appropriately enough, a saloon. Constructed of thick logs in 1869 by Curley Marshall, it was located about a mile southeast of this marker on the north bank of Bluff Creek. It was open for business in time . . . — — Map (db m96531) HM
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 81) east of North Main Street (State Highway 49), on the left when traveling east.
The Last Land Rush
On September 16, 1893, 15,000 land hungry whites gathered here to make "the Run" into the Cherokee Outlet to the south. Caldwell was 1 of 9 places where over 100,000 potential settlers awaited cavalry soldiers' . . . — — Map (db m96535) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) near East 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The Legend of Mount Lookout
Just south of town is the red sandstone bluff first known as Manning's Peak following the killing of a cowboy by that name in a gunfight in town in 1872. Manning's brothers refused to bury him in . . . — — Map (db m96550) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
The Leland Hotel stood here from 1880 to 1970 when a fire swept through the historic structure. It was built of brick, 3 stories high, 46 guest rooms each with its own running water, a billiard hall, barber shop, bridal chamber, barroom, dining hall . . . — — Map (db m96541) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad reached here from the North on June 13, 1880 and Caldwell joined Baxter Springs, Abilene, Newton, Wichita, Ellsworth and Dodge City in the pages of history as a Kansas cowtown. Hundreds of thousands of . . . — — Map (db m96540) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) at West Avenue A, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
Built by C. G. Stall and a group of investors at a cost of $17,000, the Southwestern Hotel stood here for almost a century. Boasting 38 rooms, including a servants sitting room, billiards room, barbershop, fine dining hall, ballroom, a laundry and . . . — — Map (db m96530) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
The Stock Exchange Bank is the oldest business in Caldwell and occupies one of the oldest surviving buildings in town. It received a State Charter on November 12, 1881 and opened for business the following December 24th. The stone building erected . . . — — Map (db m96544) HM
On South Hoover Road (U.S. 177) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Hoover Road.
Front
The "Real" Cherokee Strip
Under treaties made in 1828 and 1833 with the Federal Government, the Cherokee Tribe of Indians exchanged their homelands in the southeastern part of the United States for land in the . . . — — Map (db m96599) HM
On West 20th Street South at South Anson Road, on the right when traveling east on West 20th Street South.
Between 1867 and 1876 more than two million Texas Longhorns were driven North past here to Kansas railroad towns for shipment East. At Slate Creek Crossing 5 miles northeast a trading post, 1869, was the first building in Sumner County. Over this . . . — — Map (db m96430) HM
On Old U.S. 31E south of U.S. 31E, on the left when traveling south.
Built in 1923 for African Americans during the era of racial segregation, the two-room Durham's Chapel Rosenwald School was used until 1962. It was constructed with funds from the African American community, the county, and the Rosenwald Fund, . . . — — Map (db m151859) HM
On Mt. Vernon Road at U.S. 31E, on the right when traveling west on Mt. Vernon Road.
Jonathan Browning was born Oct. 22, 1805, on his father's farm, 3.4 miles west on Mt.
Vernon Road. He apprenticed with Nashville gunsmith Samuel Porter. Six years after rebuilding his first rifle at age 14, Browning built a gun shop on the farm. . . . — — Map (db m151858) HM
On U.S. 231, 0.2 miles north of Chipman Road/Browning Branch Road (Tennessee Route 260), on the right when traveling south.
Sumner County
Established 1786; named in honor of
Major Gen. Jethro Sumner
Officer in French and Indian War. Served in defense of Charleston, 1776; in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown; and in the Army at Valley Forge. His last . . . — — Map (db m149919) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
Isaac Bledsoe discovered the salt lick that bears his name in 1772. His and other explorers' reports of the rich land and game brought settlers to this area despite the dangers.
Discovering the Salt Lick
Isaac Bledsoe looked on a great . . . — — Map (db m149923) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Route 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Sumner County. Typical of the early cemeteries of the area, pioneers, known and unknown, are buried here in boxed vaults, and in graves marked by engraved headstones and by simple field stones.
The . . . — — Map (db m180307) HM
This sturdy log house was the home of Nathaniel Parker and his family. It originally stood about three miles north of here, in the neighborhood of Greenfield, one of the eight fortified stations built in the Bledsoe's Creek area in the middle and . . . — — Map (db m184865) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road.
Col. Anthony Bledsoe
Born in Culpepper Co. VA, 1733
Killed by Indians about 200 yards west from this spot, July 20, 1788.
and his wife, Mary Ramsey Bledsoe
Born in Augusta Co. VA, 1734
Died in Sumner Co. Tenn, 1808
Col. Issac . . . — — Map (db m180309) HM
On Hartsville Pike west of Old Highway 25, on the right when traveling west.
1/10 mi. N.W. is Bledsoe monument, marking gravesites of Revolutionary War veterans Anthony Bledsoe and brother Isaac, long hunters and early explorers in this area. Among early settlers in this region both were active in the civil and military . . . — — Map (db m82967) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
Bledsoe's Fort Historical Park preserves the site of the settlement founded by Isaac Bledsoe in 1780. The frontier fort was occupied continuously from 1783 to 1806.
A Settlement in the Wilderness
Isaac Bledsoe first came to this area . . . — — Map (db m149922) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.6 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
Digging into the Past
Historic documents and archaeological excavations conducted by Dr. Kevin Smith, Middle Tennessee State University, have revealed a great deal about Bledsoe's Fort. The Bledsoe family built the first cabins about 1783. . . . — — Map (db m183318) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) east of Hilton Lane, on the left when traveling east.
The historical significance of the Bledsoe's Lick-Castalian Springs area extends far beyond Isaac Bledsoe's choice of this site for his settlement. It includes:
• Evidence of animal life in the ice age 30,000 years ago.
• Artifacts left by . . . — — Map (db m180177) HM
On Old Highway 25 east of Hartsville Pike, on the right when traveling east.
The spring to the north was a rendezvous for salt-seeking game in the pre-pioneer days. First settlers came in 1779. In 1787, Isaac and Anthony Bledsoe and their families settled here. The two brothers were killed by Indians and are buried in the . . . — — Map (db m68469) HM
Cragfont was the home of Confederate Maj. George W. Winchester (1822-1878), his mother, Susan Winchester, his wife, Malvina H. Gaines, and their children. Their surviving letters and diaries describe life during Union occupation.
George . . . — — Map (db m68465) HM WM
On Hartsville Pike west of Harsh Lane, on the left when traveling west.
0.7 mile north, the home of James Winchester, built by artisans from his home state of Maryland and completed in 1802. He was a War of 1812 brigadier general, and in association with General Andrew Jackson and Judge John Overton was one of Memphis' . . . — — Map (db m82968) HM WM
Near Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Cumberland Valley was once a shared Native American hunting ground, open to all and occupied by none. The arrival of Euro-American settlers upset that balance and ended in war.
A Shared Hunting Ground
When the first long hunters . . . — — Map (db m149924) HM
On Hartsville Pike east of Governor Hall Road, on the right when traveling east.
Revolutionary War veteran Major William Hall settled in this area in 1785 and built a station, 1 1/4 miles northeast. He and two sons were massacred a few years later. Born in North Carolina in 1775, General William Hall, his son, served in the . . . — — Map (db m68471) HM WM
On Old Highway 25 west of Canoe Branch Road, on the left when traveling west.
William Brimage Bate was born here in 1826, and during the Civil War he rose to the rank of major general. He left home at the age of sixteen to be a clerk on a steamboat. During the Mexican War, he served as a lieutenant, then became a journalist, . . . — — Map (db m82969) HM WM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.6 miles west of Old Tennessee Highway 25, on the right when traveling west.
Known for honor and courage. One of the "Immortal Seventy". Born in Ireland 1747. Lived and died at Rogana 1813. Wife Ann Duffy 1757-1839.
In honor of
Revolutionary War Patriot
Hugh Rogan
Signer - Cumberland Compact, 1780
15 . . . — — Map (db m180302) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.5 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
Isaac Bledsoe, a Virginian, explored the Cumberland territory as a longhunter, and in 1772, while on a hunting expedition with Kasper Mansker, he discovered the salt and sulphur water springs now known as Bledsoe's Lick, approximately one quarter . . . — — Map (db m183320) HM
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles east of Corum Hill Road, on the left when traveling east.
Moving east along this road, Col. John H. Morgan, with the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry and attachments, met Brig. Gen. R.W. Johnson's task force of the 2nd Ind. Cavalry, 4th and 5th Kentucky Cavalry and 7th Pa. Cavalry. In a fight which covered about seven . . . — — Map (db m149920) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25), on the right when traveling west.
Nathaniel Parker was a seasoned outdoorsman when he came to the Cumberland Valley to hunt and explore. After several forays to this area, he returned to Sumner County with his family.
Veteran of the French and Indian War
Nathaniel . . . — — Map (db m184863) HM
Near Hartsville Pike, 0.1 miles west of Old Tennessee Highway 25, on the right when traveling west.
Hugh Rogan was born in 1747 in Glentourn, County Donegal, Ireland. In adulthood, Rogan served under the patriot of Gratton and when his chief's Cause failed, he fled to America in 1775 fearing arrest by the British. After a short time spent in . . . — — Map (db m180159) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.6 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
Isaac Bledsoe's Fort was one of eight Cumberland settlements named in the Compact of Government created in 1780 by the pioneers who first came into the Cumberland Valley and settled this land. They were the vanguard of the “great leap westward". . . . — — Map (db m183319) HM
This is one of the earliest log cabins in Sumner
County dating to circa 1790, originally built near Greenfield Fort by Nathaniel Parker who was a long hunter and settler. During the French and Indian War, he served with George Washington and was . . . — — Map (db m184862) HM
On Old Highway 25 west of Governor Hall Road, on the left when traveling west.
On this spot stood the hollow sycamore tree in which Thos. Sharpe Spencer spent the winter of 1778-79., deserted by his companions for fear of Indians. Spencer helped build at Bledsoe’s Lick, 50-yds. south of this spot, the first cabin in middle . . . — — Map (db m68468) HM WM
Nathaniel Parker settled here during a volatile time. He successfully survived those dangerous years, eventually replacing this cabin with a brick house.
A Good Friend is Lost
Nathaniel Parker was close to fifty-five years old when he . . . — — Map (db m184864) HM
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) at Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west on Hartsville Pike.
Born 1.2 miles north, Oct. 7, 1826. An officer in river steamboats in early life, he was later an officer in the Mexican War. A major general in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. He was Governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and U.S. Senator from . . . — — Map (db m149921) HM
On Old Highway 25 east of Hartsville Pike, on the right when traveling east.
Col. Alfred Royal Wynne (1800-1893) was a trader and merchant in Castalian Springs. In 1828, he built this stagecoach inn along the Knoxville road. Although Wynne was a slaveholder and a Democrat, he also was a staunch Unionist and strongly opposed . . . — — Map (db m82970) WM
On Unnamed Road north of Hartsville Pike, on the right when traveling north.
Between Isaac Bledsoe's fort and Anthony
Bledsoe's Greenfield, the frontier slave,
identified in early accounts only as “Abram"
and belonging to Col. Anthony Bledsoe,
thwarted an April 27, 1793 Indian attack
on Greenfield. Two months . . . — — Map (db m170822) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles west of Old Tennessee Route 25, on the right when traveling west.
Pioneering rhythm and blues (R&B) and gospel disc jockey Bill Allen, known as “Hoss” or “Hossman,” worked in radio for more than 40 years. During the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, Allen’s nightly shows on WLAC Nashville played a pivotal role in . . . — — Map (db m170826) HM
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
"Capt. Horace Lawson Hunley, Confederate States Navy, was born near this site in 1823.
Capt. Hunley lived as a small boy in Sumner County then was raised in New Orleans where he practiced law and served in the state legislature. After the . . . — — Map (db m170837) HM
On Tennessee Route 25 at Bugg Hollow Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 25.
In 1795, Thomas Cotton founded
Cottontown. He had been a captain
of Hertford County, North Carolina
Militia during the revolution. In
1819 Moore Cotton, son of Thomas,
built Bridal House for his only
daughter, Elizabeth. The House . . . — — Map (db m148023) HM
On Vantrease Road at Upper Station Camp Creek Road, on the right when traveling east on Vantrease Road.
In November 1796, Elder Patrick Mooney organized the first Baptist church in Sumner County. Members joined with four other Baptist churches to form the Mero District Baptist Association. In 1800, William Phipps donated one-half acre of land to the . . . — — Map (db m220962) HM
On Ben Albert Road at Tyree Springs Road (Tennessee Route 258), on the right when traveling south on Ben Albert Road.
A mineral springs resort was established here by R.C. Tyree sometime between 1814 and 1822. By 1834 it was the most celebrated watering place in the state. Presidents Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk were guests here. Burned during the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m151838) HM
On Kelvington Boulevard at Baxter Lane, on the left when traveling east on Kelvington Boulevard.
As part of the westward migration of settlers from Fort Nashborough, the Asher family blazed a trail from Bledsoe's Creek through the area now known as Fairvue Plantation and built a stockade called Asher's Station. Savage Indian attacks at the . . . — — Map (db m198951) HM
On South Tunnel Road at Scotty Parker Road, on the right when traveling west on South Tunnel Road.
On August 12, 1862, 2.7 miles north of here, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders, aided by citizens of Gallatin, demolished the Big South Tunnel on the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad by crashing a locomotive into a barrier of . . . — — Map (db m148022) HM
Near Plantation Boulevard at Browns Lane, on the right when traveling east.
From 1882-1908, Fairvue Plantation was owned by Charles Reed who produced a long list of champion racehorses including Sir Francis, Mr. Pickwick, Rossifer and Yorkville Belle. He also purchased the most famous stallion of the time, St. Blaise, an . . . — — Map (db m198973) HM
On Zieglers Fort Road, 0.1 miles north of Cairo Road, on the left when traveling north.
Located 2.6 miles south of here is the Cairo Rosenwald School. Completed in 1923, it provided educational opportunities for African American children until 1959. Funding for the school's construction was provided by the African American community, . . . — — Map (db m178545) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 25) at Cemetery Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
City Cemetery
Located 0.2 miles south, the City Cemetery opened circa 1818 on land acquired from Felix Grundy, who later served as a United States senator from Tennessee. Within it stands one of only two Mexican War monuments in Tennessee. . . . — — Map (db m149358) HM
Near Bledsoe Park Road, 0.2 miles east of Zieglers Fort Road, on the right when traveling east.
Bledsoe Creek State Park borders historic early settlements and houses including Bledsoe's Lick, Cragfont, Wynnewood, and the Avery Trace in what had been an Indian hunting ground. During the Civil War, this prosperous river and railroad hub . . . — — Map (db m180166) HM
On Plantation Boulevard at Chloe Drive, on the right when traveling east on Plantation Boulevard.
“Miss Ellen”, gracious mistress of Fairvue Plantation, was a lifelong preservationist and leader in the restoration of historical homes in Tennessee. Under her stewardship, Fairvue mansion was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. She . . . — — Map (db m198969) HM
On Rozella Way south of Plantation Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Built by Isaac Franklin in 1832, the mansion was considered to be the finest antebellum home in Tennessee. With identical facades facing east and west, the four over four room house has a central hall and double portico in the Ionic style. During . . . — — Map (db m198962) HM
On Plantation Boulevard at Nashville Pike (U.S. 31E), in the median on Plantation Boulevard.
In the early part of the 19th century, Isaac Franklin purchased twelve tracts of adjoining land totaling more than 2000 acres. This land comprised the nucleus of Fairvue Plantation. In 1832, he built Fairvue Mansion, the most elegant antebellum home . . . — — Map (db m198946) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Foster Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Reported missing.
The oldest church building in Gallatin in continuous existence, this church was organized October 25, 1828. The building was erected in 1836-37 and is an example of early Greek Revival architecture. The sanctuary was used as a hospital for Federal . . . — — Map (db m214582) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) west of South Water Avenue (Old Tennessee Highway 109), on the right when traveling west.
Early in 1861, Gallatin and Sumner County were divided over secession, but after the fall of Fort Sumter, residents voted almost ten to one in favor. Support of the Confederacy never wavered, as Capt. Benjamin S. Nicklin, 13th Battery, Indiana Light . . . — — Map (db m68408) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Foster Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
By an act of the Tennessee General Assembly, Gallatin became the county seat of Sumner County on February 26, 1802, when commissioners sold the first town lots. Newly laid out, the town embraced 42 ½ acres. The site had been purchased from . . . — — Map (db m82971) HM
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) at Belle Breeze Place, on the right when traveling east on Hartsville Pike. Reported missing.
General Griffith Rutherford, surveyor, North Carolina legislator, commander of Revolutionary War forces of Western North Carolina, and President of the Legislative Council of the Southwest Territory from 1794 to statehood, lived 3
miles south of . . . — — Map (db m180027) HM
On Potter Lane at Noah Lane, on the left when traveling north on Potter Lane.
In 1929, a small group of affluent foxhunters and equine enthusiasts purchased six hundred and thirty four acres of land initiating the Southern Grassland Hunt and Racing Foundation in Gallatin, Tennessee. This opened the way for a racecourse . . . — — Map (db m198975) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 25) at College Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
On this site was the campus of Gallatin Female Academy, 1824-36, and Sumner Female Academy, 1837-56. It was leased by the Howard Lodge I. O. O. F. to Howard Female Institute, 1856-74; Neophogen College, 1874-78; and Howard Female College, 1878-1922. . . . — — Map (db m149936) HM
On U.S. 31E, 0.1 miles south of Rogana Road, on the right when traveling south.
Two miles east is "Rogana.” the stone and brick house built in 1800 by Hugh Rogan (1747-1814). An Irish immigrant, Rogan came to Nashborough with the John Donelson party in 1780 and was a signer of the Cumberland Compact. Noted as a surveyor and . . . — — Map (db m151860) HM
On Airport Road east of Steam Plant Road, on the right when traveling north.
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common undeniable goal - - to valiantly protect our country’s freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and . . . — — Map (db m82972) WM
On Isaac Franklin Drive north of Plantation Way, on the left when traveling north.
Born in Sumner County, Franklin and his business partner John Armfield became wealthy by trading in slaves and cotton. In 1832, he built the mansion at Fairvue Plantation and in 1839 married Adelicia Hayes. They had four children; none survived to . . . — — Map (db m198974) HM
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles west of Cragfont Estates Road, on the right when traveling west.
Built c. 1844 by John Fonville
for James B. Jameson
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m178551) HM
On East Main Street at North Hume Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Originally chartered in North Carolina as King Solomon Lodge #52. Gallatin's King Solomon Masonic Lodge #6 received its charter in 1808. As a pioneer lodge, its members and others formed the Grand Lodge of Tennessee on December 27, 1813. — — Map (db m224763) HM
On Plantation Boulevard east of Jacobs Drive, on the right when traveling south.
The purpose of the mare barns was the birthing and nurturing of foals. Originally, the mare barns were fenced to protect the foals from the older horses. When horse racing enthusiast Charles Reed owned Fairvue 1882-1908, he built several mare barns . . . — — Map (db m198953) HM
The Mexican War
Instigated by the U.S. annexation of Texas and the dispute over its southern boundary, the Mexican War of 1846-1848 resulted in the cession of over 500,000 square miles of the territory then owned by Mexico west of Texas and . . . — — Map (db m85159) HM
On Pace Street, 0.1 miles west of Magnolia Street, on the right when traveling west.
Original Church of God – This Original Church of God in Gallatin is one of
three churches founded and pastored by Bishop
Lula Mae Swanson for fifty-five years. She also
founded and pastored the Original Church of God
in Belvidere and . . . — — Map (db m248351) HM
On South Water Avenue at East Bledsoe Street, on the right when traveling north on South Water Avenue.
A prominent African-American soldier, minister, and educator, Peter Vertrees was born December 16, 1840, in Edmondson County, Kentucky, as Peter Skaggs. At age five he was apprenticed to Jacob Vertrees whose name he assumed. From 1861-1865, he was . . . — — Map (db m149937) HM
On North Water Ave south of West Franklin, on the right when traveling north.
Randy’s Record Shop (1946-1991) was the world’s largest mail-order record company. Founder Randy Wood began advertising his mail-order business in the late 40s on clear channel WLAC in Nashville, a broadcast that could be heard throughout most of . . . — — Map (db m68441) HM
On Cages Bend Road at Douglas Bend Road, on the left when traveling south on Cages Bend Road.
Established in the home of William Dillard during the late 1700s, Rehoboth is the oldest continuing congregation in the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Church. Rehoboth has provided Sumner County with a community-meeting place, voting site, . . . — — Map (db m220961) HM
Near South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south.
This monument marks Rose Mont and pays tribute to Major George Blackmore, father of Catherine Blackmore Guild, wife of Josephus Conn Guild, owner and builder of Rose Mont. Blackmore served in the Revolutionary War from 1777-1781. He came to . . . — — Map (db m68406) HM WM
On South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Avenue.
Catherine Blackmore (1806-1888) and her husband Josephus Conn Guild (1802-1883) built Rose Mont circa 1842 here on their 500-acre plantation. Descendants occupied it until the City of Gallatin acquired the property in 1993. A grove of trees 150 . . . — — Map (db m68404) HM
On South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Avenue.
Rosemont, a Greek Revival—style mansion completed in the 1840s, was the home of Judge Josephus Conn Guild, a state senator and representative who also served as a Lt. Colonel in the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Volunteers during the Seminole War. He . . . — — Map (db m68405) HM
This Monument Was erected by the liberality of the Citizens of the County of Sumner to the memory of her Patriotic Sons: who sacrificed their lives in the defense of the Flag of their country in the war with Mexico. In 1846. 1847 & 1848. . . . — — Map (db m85162) WM
On East Main Street east of Water Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Among the first ex-slaves in the Union Army were 200 local volunteers who enlisted here on the Public Square in July, 1863. They became a part of the Thirteenth United States Colored Infantry at Nashville. Two months later the army recruited . . . — — Map (db m68440) HM
On Long Hollow Pike east of Upper Station Camp Creek Road, on the right when traveling east.
This is the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did many of Sumner County’s young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a Protestant minister, died in 1847 at the age of forty-one, leaving his wife, Emma Douglass Clark, to . . . — — Map (db m82973) WM
On West Main Street, on the left when traveling east.
To those courageous men and women who came to Gallatin in its earliest days, to those who settled here, and to those who later pushed farther westward carrying the American dream all the way to the Pacific.
In honor of Fred A. and Frances Dulin . . . — — Map (db m214580) HM
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