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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «grainger county» AND «tennessee»

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By Tom Bosse, May 14, 2020
Veterans Memorial Bridge Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Tennessee, Union County, Maynardville — Veterans Memorial Bridge —
On Wilson Lane just south of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Completed in 1936, was a through truss bridge built over Clinch River (Norris Lake) in Union County, Tennessee between Maynardville and Tazewell by the Tennessee Valley Authority. It was one of East Tennessee’s longest continuous Warren through . . . — — Map (db m151540) HM

2 ► Tennessee, Grainger County, Blaine — Janeway Cabin — When the Veterans Came Home —
On Indian Ridge Road at Old Rutledge Pike, on the left when traveling north on Indian Ridge Road.
This single-room cabin was constructed about six miles east of here, the home of John Janeway and his wife, Gertrude. It is typical of such dwellings in Appalachian Tennessee. During the Civil War, Janeway join the fighting late, in June 1864, . . . — — Map (db m100480) HM
3 ► Tennessee, Grainger County, Blaine — 1B-67 — Richland: Birthplace of Albert Miller Lea —
On Rutledge Pike (U.S. 11W) 0.4 miles north of Milligan Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Built circa 1796 for Major Lea and Lavinia Jarnagin Lea, the brick house on this land is one of the oldest in Grainger County. The ninth Lea child, Albert Miller Lea, was born here in 1808. Lea assisted in two major land surveys in Tennessee and . . . — — Map (db m133761) HM

4 ► Tennessee, Anderson County, Norris — The Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn —
On Lower Clear Creek Road east of U.S. 441, on the right when traveling east.
Humans have relied on grains for millennia as the main staple of their diet. People must thresh wheat and grind corn in grist mills to make flour for eating. "Threshing" refers to removing the edible grains from the end of the cut and dried plant . . . — — Map (db m258988) HM

5 ► Tennessee, Obion County, Union City — Brewer-Austin Mill —
On Graham Drive at Welcome Circle on Graham Drive.
Featuring local rough-milled cypress, this timber frame structure was built in the summer of 2011 by two volunteers, Wilbur Brewer and Bill Austin, using only traditional timber framing methods such as mortise and tenon joints. No nails were used in . . . — — Map (db m273773) HM

6 ► Tennessee, Sumner County, Portland — 3A 172 — Richland —
On Ronnie Mc Dowell Parkway (State Highway 109) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Ronnie Mc Dowell Parkway.
On October 31, 1859, Richland Station was opened 318 feet east of here by Thomas Buntin on land later deeded by his heirs to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Five months later, a post office was established, and Buntin, already the station's . . . — — Map (db m151856) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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