On Tennessee Route 114 at Dunbar Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 114.
(side 1)
Dunbar Store, originally called Hermitage, was the center of early settlement here. It served as a store, bar, stagecoach stop, and rest stop for travelers going west. After the Civil War, the bar was no longer profitable. The . . . — — Map (db m142747) HM
On East Main Street (Tennessee Route 100) at South Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
13 miles southeast, this furnace was built, 1848. Iron was mined from nearby hematite deposits and processed here until 1876. The region is also known as “The Coalings”, because of extensive charcoal production here during iron mining . . . — — Map (db m63127) HM
On Pleasant Street at West Market Street, on the left when traveling north on Pleasant Street.
The Capt. Nathaniel A. Wesson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Dedicates this monument to the memory of our Confederate ancestors who fought so valiantly during the War Between the States
1861 - 1865
In Memoriam . . . — — Map (db m148473) WM
On Lewis Street just east of Crawder Street, on the right when traveling west.
Members and friends of the DCTS-CHS Alumni Association dedicate this monument to the memory of the faculty and students who attended this great institution.
The Faculty
Mr. David C. Crowder, Founder and Principal
Mr. . . . — — Map (db m152592) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 100) just east of North White Oak Street, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to
the everlasting memory
of those from
Decatur County
who gave their lives
in the service
World War I
Leonard Barber • James C. Moore • Wilsie Brashear • Clarence Nichols • David A. Harrington • James J. Nichols • . . . — — Map (db m148480) WM
On Pleasant Street at West Market Street, on the left when traveling north on Pleasant Street.
The Peter Houston Chapter
of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
place this marker
on the event of the
American Revolution Bicentennial
in honor of their
Revolutionary Ancestors
Samuel Houston · Joshua Dodson · Wm. C. . . . — — Map (db m148468) WM
On East Main Street (Route 100) east of South South Street, on the right when traveling east.
Site of Decatur Co. School Gymnasium
Dedicated Oct. 15, 2013
Built with hand chiseled blocks from county's limestone quaries using Works Progress Administration "WPA" Labor
This structure burned on January 22, 1956 This memorial is . . . — — Map (db m178640) HM
Near South Tennessee Avenue (U.S. 641) at West 8th Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1861 West Tennessee overwhelmingly supported secession. Many residents with strong attachments to the Union however, lived in several counties along the Tennessee River. despite enormous pressure from their neighbors to support the Confederacy, a . . . — — Map (db m143707) HM
On Tennessee Avenue South (U.S. 641), on the left when traveling south.
Country singer, songwriter and entertainer Little David Wilkins scored 17 country hits as a performer, mostly in the 1970s, his composition, "Coming on Strong" was a No. 11 pop hit for Brenda Lee in 1966, and he wrote songs for artists as diverse as . . . — — Map (db m205317) HM
On South Tennessee Avenue (Tennessee Route 69) at West Main Street (U.S. 412), on the right when traveling south on South Tennessee Avenue. Reported missing.
The "Pea Vine" A Ghost Railroad
In 1886, Tennessee Midland Railway Company was chartered to build a railroad from Memphis to Virginia. By 1889, 135.6 miles of track were completed to Perryville where it ended for lack of funds. In 1892, . . . — — Map (db m237602) HM
On State Highway 100 at milepost 14.5,, 0.5 miles north of Perryville Road, on the right when traveling south.
In November 1821, the Tennessee General Assembly passed acts directing appointed commissioners to locate the county seat of the 1819-confirmed county of Perry. The appointees selected the community of Midtown to be laid off as a town called and . . . — — Map (db m150304) HM
