On Mercer Drive east of Bryan Drive, on the left when traveling east.
During the Scopes Trial, William Jennings Bryan expressed the wish that a school might be established in Dayton to teach from a Biblical perspective. Following his death on July 26, 1925, a national association was formed to establish such an . . . — — Map (db m177943) HM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) at Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Market Street.
Although this is not the original Rogers house, the retaining wall bordering the property is original. During the trial, the Rogers family moved out to let William Jennings Bryan and his family stay here. It was here that Bryan died on July 26, 1925. — — Map (db m182771) HM
On Front Street at West Rhea Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Front Street.
Walden’s Ridge, directly ahead, was a natural obstacle to east-west military movements during the war. In 1862–1863, Confederate authorities ordered three Rhea County cavalry companies to patrol the passes there between Emory Gap (north) and Sale . . . — — Map (db m69235) HM
Created from Cherokee Indian lands and Rhea County, Hamilton is named for Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Treasurer. Chattanooga began as a river landing and became a model tourism center as the “Environmental City” in the 1980s-90s. More than 10 . . . — — Map (db m201290) HM
Rhea County has an especially curvaceous boundary created by man-made Watts Bar Lake and the Tennessee River. The area honors Revolutionary War Battle of King’s Mountain veteran John Rhea, who was also a higher education advocate. The Cherokee, who . . . — — Map (db m201291) HM
On Old Highway 431 north of Cherry Tree Rd (County Road 28), on the left when traveling south.
Approximately 150 yards north is the grave site of Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb, U.S. and Confederate Congressman. Cobb was born in 1807 in Rhea County, Tennessee. In 1809, his family moved to southeastern Madison County, Alabama, where he . . . — — Map (db m289641) HM
On South Main Street at Cullman Road (Alabama Route 69), on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Indirectly responsible for the naming of the town, Stephen Tuttle Thompson was born Feb. 22, 1832, in Rhea County, Tennessee. He moved to west Marshall County with his parents about 1840 and relocated in 1858 to what became Thompson’s Village and . . . — — Map (db m85852) HM
On Dayton Mountain Highway (State Highway 30) at Walker Road, on the right when traveling west on Dayton Mountain Highway.
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Rhea County
Established 1807; named in honor of
John Rhea
Revolutionary veteran, who fought at King's Mountain. Delegate to the North Carolina Convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution; member of the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m63645) HM
On J Lon Foust Highway / Rhea County Highway (U.S. 27 at milepost 0), 0.6 miles south of Old Graysville Road (State Route 303), on the right when traveling north.
Rhea County
Established 1807; named in honor of
John Rhea
Revolutionary veteran, who fought at King's Mountain. Delegate to the North Carolina Convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution; member of the Tennessee Constitutional . . . — — Map (db m26017) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
