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

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 —

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 —

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. —

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 —

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 —

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 —

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 —

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 —

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 —

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

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