101 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville — 3C 46 — Valentine Sevier Station —

On Providence Boulevard (Alternate U.S. 41) at Walker Street, on the right when traveling south on Providence Boulevard.

Two hundred yards south is the stone blockhouse of the Valentine Sevier Station. On November 11, 1794, this early outpost was attacked by an Indian band composed primarily of Cherokees. Valentine Sevier, a brother of Tennessee's first governor, lost . . . — — Map (db m88857) HM

102 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville — Valentine Sevier, Memorial —

On Walker Street, 0.1 miles south of Providence Boulevard (Alternate U.S. 41), on the right when traveling south.

Col. Valentine Sevier, defender of the early settlers of this community, on July 11, 1792 purchased from George Cook, for the sum of 100 pounds, 640 acres, lying between this point and Cumberland and Red Rivers, known as Red Paint . . . — — Map (db m89073) HM

103 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville — Wetland — Dunbar Cave —

Near Old Dunbar Cave Road at Dunbar Cave Road.

Wetlands are areas that are covered with water or have water near the surface. The amount of water coverage determines what types of plants and animal life live there. They provide places for migrating waterfowl such as ducks and geese a place to . . . — — Map (db m225276) HM

104 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville — Whitfield, Bradley & Co. —

Near Commerce Street east of North Spring Street, on the left when traveling east.

When the war began, the South had few ironworks capable of producing cannons. Confederate Chief of Ordnance Josiah Gorgas noted that "we were not making a gun, a pistol nor a sabre, no shot nor shell." Soon, however, Clarksville's Whitfield, Bradley . . . — — Map (db m122955) HM

105 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville — 3C 17 — Willie Blount —

On U.S. 41A at Mt. Carmel Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 41A.

This statesman settled 2 mi. N., 1802. Born 1768, was secretary to the governor, Territory South of the River Ohio, later a judge in the state's first Superior Court of Law & Equity. Elected governor after a term in the Legislature, he served six . . . — — Map (db m29872) HM

106 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Clarksville — 3C 68 — Wilma Glodean Rudolph — 1940 - 1994 —

On Wilma Rudolph Boulevard (U.S. 79) at Slate Road, on the right when traveling north on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

Born on June 23, 1940, Wilma G. Rudolph, a native of Clarksville, overcame illness, poverty and segregation to become an Olympic champion sprinter. A graduate of Burt High School, she won a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, . . . — — Map (db m88882) HM

107 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Hampton Station — 3C 40 — Camp Boone —

On Guthrie Highway (U.S. 79), on the right when traveling east.

Here in 1861 was established a staging area and training camp for Kentuckians desiring to enlist for the Confederacy. An early camp commander was Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA. Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Roger W. Hanson brought here a regiment . . . — — Map (db m36111) HM

108 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Indian Mound — Lewis/Lyle House —

On Cemetery Road at Camp Lylewood Road, on the left when traveling east on Cemetery Road.

The home of Major Thomas W. Lewis, a Confederate veteran of the 14th Tennessee Volunteer Regiment. He made the first plea for pensions for Tennessee Confederate veterans. The original home was built in the early 1800's and was burned in 1890 by a . . . — — Map (db m205409) HM

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109 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Palmyra — 3C 64 — Palmyra Furnace — circa 1799 —

On State Highway 149 at Palmyra Road (Old State Highway 149), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 149.

Seven hundred and fifty feet to the north are the remains of the Palmyra Furnace. It is the first recorded ironworks in Montgomery County and the second oldest iron works in the Western Highland Rim Iron Belt. Such iron manufacturing was among the . . . — — Map (db m147978) HM

110 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Palmyra — 3C 36 — Streight's Raid — April 11, 1863 —

On Palmyra Road (Old Tennessee Route 149) at Jarman Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west on Palmyra Road.

Coming here by transport from Nashville, Col. Abel D. Streight marched his task force (2 cos. cav.; 4 regts, mid. inf.) to Ft. Henry, seizing enroute horses and mules to complete mounting them Reembarking there, and landing at Eastport, Miss., he . . . — — Map (db m147980) HM

111 ► Tennessee, Montgomery County, Southside — 3C 65 — McAlister's Crossroads — 1807 - 1826 —

On Grays Chapel Road at Old Tennessee Highway 48, on the right when traveling west on Grays Chapel Road.

McAlister's Crossroads is located on what was a 12000-acre Revolutionary War land grant purchased by John McAlister in 1807 from the estate of General Francis Nash, for whom Nashville was named. The Crossroads was the site of a U.S. Post Office and . . . — — Map (db m246169) HM

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