Beginning operations in 1917, Southern Potteries, Inc. was fostered by the Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railroad. For many years, it was one of the nation's largest producers of hand-painted-under-the-glaze pottery, sold under the name “Blue . . . — — Map (db m173326) HM
Secession bitterly divided Tennessee's mountain residents in 1861. Most were Unionist, but this part of the state remained Confederate territory until later in the war. Guerrilla warfare was common here.
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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 . . . — — Map (db m82981) HM
The Battle of the Red Banks. On December 29, 1864, the Third Regiment of North Carolina Mounted Infantry, under Colonel George W.Kirk, engaged about 400 Confederate Infantry and Cavalry under Lt. Colonel James A.Keith at Red Banks of the . . . — — Map (db m22804) HM
(Front): To those who died for a sacred cause, and to those who lived to win a nobler victory in time of peace. (Side): Whose fidelity, whose purity, whose courage, whose gentle genius in love and in counsel. Kept the home secure, the . . . — — Map (db m23142) WM
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Unicoi County
Unicoi County was formed during the Reconstruction era from parts of Washington and Carter counties on March 23, 1875. Representative Alfred A. Taylor introduced a bill in the Tennessee Legislature and . . . — — Map (db m82982) HM
“In memory of the men and women of Unicoi County who answered the call of duty in the way of Right and Liberty.” “We enjoy the result of toil and sacrifice, let us emulate their fortitude and virtue.” “In the past is sacrifice, in the future . . . — — Map (db m311098) WM
Here are buried the nine victims of a massacre of Union sympathizers by a detachment of Confederate cavalry from the command of Col. V.A. Witcher, Jr. A marker at the grave site gives their names. — — Map (db m234257) HM
Following the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 15, 1933, as an unemployment relief measure, a group of two hundred enrollees of Company 1455 began camp construction at this site on May 27. Soon . . . — — Map (db m234254) HM
In honor –GARLAND– patriot soldiers of the Revolutionary War from this area.
Rowan County N.C. Militia: Joseph Garland • Samuel Garland • Wm. Gutridge Garland
N.C. Continental Line: John Garland • Elisha Garland . . . — — Map (db m274235) WM
Here are buried the eight civilians killed at the home of Dr. David Bell in November, 1863. Enroute to Kentucky to join Federal forces, they were found by a detachment of Col. W.A. Witcher's Confederate cavalry, while waiting for breakfast. They . . . — — Map (db m274229) HM
In memory of other Union men tortured and killed by Witchers’s Confederate troops at Limestone Cove: Brothers John and Elias Fry; their nephew, John Campbell; and Mr. Robert Dowdell. May their sacrifice never be forgotten. — — Map (db m274233) HM
