101 ► Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 3A 77 — Maxwell House Hotel —

On this site stood the Maxwell House Hotel built by John Overton in 1859. It was destroyed by fire on Christmas Day, 1961. After wartime use as a barracks, hospital and prison, it was formally opened as a hotel in 1869. Presidents Andrew Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m24145) HM

102 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville — 3C 63 — Horace H. Lurton — 1844-1914 —

Horace H. Lurton was a Confederate soldier, prisoner of war, lawyer, and the first president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank. A member of the Tennessee Supreme Court, in 1893 he became its Chief Justice. Appointed by President Grover . . . — — Map (db m88881) HM

103 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 169 — Christian Brothers High School / Christian Brothers Band —

Christian Brothers High School Christian Brothers High School, the oldest high school for boys in Memphis, opened November 21, 1871 as the secondary department of Christian Brothers College at 612 Adams Avenue. CBC was established by the . . . — — Map (db m63274) HM

104 ► Tennessee, Tipton County, Covington — Augustus Hill Garland — (1832 - 1899) —

The son of Rufus King and Barbara Hill Garland, this statesman was born in Tipton County on June 11, 1832. As a child, he moved to Arkansas with his parents where he would later serve as an Attorney; Confederate Congressman and Senator . . . — — Map (db m63178) HM

105 ► Tennessee, Tipton County, Covington — 4E 78 — Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox —

West Point graduate, Seminole and Mexican Indian Wars soldier, instructor of infantry tactics at West Point, Major General in the Confederate Army, and chief of the Railroad Division of the General Land Office under President Grover Cleveland. . . . — — Map (db m63177) HM

106 ► Texas, Galveston County, Galveston — The Tremont Houses —

The present Tremont House is the third Galveston hotel to bear the name. The island's first Tremont House was built by the firm of McKinney and Williams in 1839 on the southwest corner of Postoffice and Tremont Streets. An impressive two-story . . . — — Map (db m117389) HM

107 ► Texas, Smith County, Lindale — 7735 — Hubbard Family Cemetery —

This site once overlooked the plantation home of Richard B. Hubbard (1800-1864) and his wife Serena Carter, who came here from Georgia in 1854. They operated a prosperous 720-acre plantation with 44 slaves. Their son Richard Bennett Hubbard . . . — — Map (db m91835) HM

108 ► Texas, Smith County, Tyler — 7736 — Richard Bennett Hubbard — (1832-1901) —

Georgia native Richard Bennett Hubbard came to Texas in 1853 and set up a law practice in Tyler with B. T. Selman, later a state senator. Politically active, Hubbard became a leading spokesman for the Democratic Party. His early career in government . . . — — Map (db m91545) HM

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109 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Alexandria — The Last Defense — Fort Hunt — Reported missing

British warships took advantage of the width and depth of the Potomac River to sail up from the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. Existing defenses were too weak to stop them from shelling Alexandria. Aware that the nation’s Capitol was . . . — — Map (db m46129) HM

110 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Fairfax — Ox Hill Battlefield Park & Interpretive Trail — ★ The Battle of Ox Hill ★ —

This small park is the last remnant of Fairfax County’s only major Civil War battlefield. The Battle of Ox Hill, also known as the “Battle of Chantilly,” lasted but a few hours on the afternoon of September 1, 1862. Here, some 6,000 Union troops . . . — — Map (db m182229) HM

111 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Fairfax — Who Fought Here: The Generals — ★ The Battle of Ox Hill ★ —

Brig. Gen. Isaac I. Stevens, USA: • Born North Andover, Massachusetts, 1818 • West Point 1839 • Corps of Engineers • Mexican War, wounded, 1847 • Post war, US Coast Survey • Resigned US Army, 1853 • Appointed first governor of Washington . . . — — Map (db m182217) HM

112 ► Virginia, Northampton County, Willis Wharf — The Old Willis Wharf Storehouse —

This historic structure is one of the few remaining old-time storehouses on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The front part of the building that faces the waterfront dates to the 1840s. It replaced a store that burned in 1837, along with a . . . — — Map (db m114499) HM

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