Jacques-Timothé De Montbrun, born on Mar. 23, 1741, in Boucherville, Quebec, was the first white man to live in the Nashville area. Beginning in 1769, he spent several winters here trading for furs. He served as Lieut. Gov. of Illinois Country, . . . — — Map (db m117817) HM
Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with 46 men & proclaimed himself Pres., Republic of Lower Calif. Led force into Nicaragua in 1855; . . . — — Map (db m24067) HM
Built 1898, the Mary Lee Academy, the second school in the Oglesby Community, was named for its first teacher, Miss Mary Lee Clark. The county bought the school in 1906. The name changed to Ogilvie in honor of the land donor, Benton H. Ogilvie, and . . . — — Map (db m147096) HM
In 1786, the State of N.C. granted Gen. James Robertson several large tracts of land in this area. Robertson's Bend was renamed after the Cockrill family who established several farms and a mill here before the Civil War. The Romanesque-style third . . . — — Map (db m147820) HM
The Una community developed around the crossroads of Smith Springs Road and Old Murfreesboro Pike in the early 19th century. The local postmaster changed the community
name from Rowesdale, or Rosedale, to Una in 1882, honoring a Peabody College . . . — — Map (db m147147) HM
In 1783, Chickasaw chiefs met with white settlers at a spring 100 yards north and agreed on land rights — the Cumberland country for the settlers, the Tennessee River lands beyond the Duck River ridge for the Chickasaw. This tribe became firm . . . — — Map (db m147822) HM
Through the efforts of Mark Sterling Cockrill and Lemuel Davis, a school serving West Nashville children in grades l-8 opened near here in 1888. High school grades were soon added and the school became West Nashville High School. Following . . . — — Map (db m147438) HM
The original log part of this house was built about 1818 by Abram DeMoss and named Belle Vue for the house his father, Lewis DeMoss, built in 1797 overlooking the Harpeth River a mile southwest. In time the name was given to the Nashville & . . . — — Map (db m147117) HM
The Marathon Motor Car was manufactured here 1914-1916 by Southern Motor Works (later called Marathon). Four models, all touring cars, were powered by engines of 4 cylinders, 30/35 hp, & 6s of 50 hp, with wheelbases from 9'8" to 12'5". The plant . . . — — Map (db m214548) HM
This Italianate-style 1881 factory first housed the Nashville Cotton Mills, which built the middle section c. 1885. It became Phoenix Cotton Mills in 1894. In 1910 Southern Motor Works of Jackson, Tenn. moved in, becoming Marathon Motor Works in . . . — — Map (db m147464) HM
Land once known as Watkins Grove was given to the city in 1870 by brick maker and contractor Samuel Watkins. It served as a site for political gatherings, school commencements and concerts. This became Nashville's first public park in 1901. Park . . . — — Map (db m4515) HM
Regarded as the symbol of dance in her adopted hometown of Nashville, Ellen Albertine Chaiser Maxwell (1902-96) operated the Albertine School of the Dance (1936-80). She had danced with Chicago Opera, Adolf Baum Dance Co., and Ruth St. Denis Dance . . . — — Map (db m24195) HM
George Tolbert, a farmer, bought 97½ acres here in 1879 that became known as Tolbert Hollow. He was a former slave who, according to family tradition, purchased his own freedom. Tolbert worked 45 acres by 1880 and cut and sold wood with his . . . — — Map (db m147437) HM
In 1829, The Rev. Alex Green joined the Methodist Episcopal Church's Nashville Conference. Elected vice-president of the TN Conference's Temperance Society in 1835, Green was instrumental in the Southern Methodist Publishing House's move to . . . — — Map (db m147788) HM
An early settler of this area was James Menees, at whose home Mill Creek Baptist Church was formed in 1797. James Whitsitt, first pastor, served over 50 years. Earlier known. Earlier known as Flat Rock, in 1939 this place was renamed Woodbine, after . . . — — Map (db m145646) HM
After the withdrawal from the main Confederate line at Peach Orchard Hill, Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee formed a battle line across Franklin Pike 400 yards east of here with 200 men from the remnants of Brig. Gen. Henry Clayton's division and two cannons . . . — — Map (db m53394) HM
Site of the $87,000,000 Old Hickory Powder Plant built and operated in 1918 by the E.I. duPont deNemours Co., for the United States Government, to make smokeless gunpowder for the Allied Armies in World War I. By the time of the Armistice Nov. 11, . . . — — Map (db m147697) HM
This intersection, known as "The Triangle," served as the commercial core of Old Hickory from the 1920s through the 1940s. A variety of shops were located here, including a grocery, bank, general store, barber shop, restaurants, and doctors' . . . — — Map (db m147695) HM
Served in the Revolutionary War and as Inspector of Revenue in North Carolina, the same position held by his brother Judge John Overton in Tennessee. Close friend of Andrew Jackson, he was one of Jackson's seconds in the duel with Charles Dickinson. . . . — — Map (db m147696) HM
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