This is one of four original turbines installed at Watts Bar Dam when in was constructed in the 1940s. this turbine - the one for Unit 4 - was placed here with a crane in 2014 when a new, modern turbine took its place in the dam.
Built by . . . — — Map (db m165898) HM
This building has a loft that was used during the Scopes Trial as the Press Hall — a place where many of the 120 reporters worked and had their sleeping quarters. W. C. Bailey also owned Scopes' boardinghouse. — — Map (db m177936) HM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this historically. restored building is the oldest house within the Dayton city limits and was built in 1861 by S.D. Broyles, who was an early resident of Smith's Crossroads and a developer of . . . — — Map (db m182774) HM
During the Scopes Trial, William Jennings Bryan expressed the wish that a school might be established in Dayton to teach from a Biblical perspective. Following his death on July 26, 1925, a national association was formed to establish such an . . . — — Map (db m177943) HM
Bryan College was named to honor William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), American statesman,
orator, three-time democratic presidential candidate, former secretary of state, and
spokesman for religious orthodoxy in the modernist-fundamentalist . . . — — Map (db m150437) HM
This building was erected in 1929 by Dr. Walter Agnew Thomison and local businessmen as Dayton's first hospital. It was leased by Bryan University from 1932-38 and used as a women's dormitory, college dining hall, and kitchen. From 1938-46, it was . . . — — Map (db m182764) HM
1750 1812
Revolutionary War soldier
David Campbell Major-VA
1st Clerk of Washington County, VA
Marker placed by Judge David Campbell Chap., NSDAR
2011 — — Map (db m150531) WM
This is the site of the drug store where the first local plans for the Scopes Trial were made by Robinson, George Rappleyea, and others. Next door on the west side was the Aqua Hotel, where the following trial participants roomed, ate, or conferred: . . . — — Map (db m182756) HM
Here William Jennings Bryan made his last public appearance when he attended the morning worship on Sunday, July 26, 1925, and was asked to lead in prayer. The current building has been renovated and expanded — — Map (db m182768) HM
In business since 1909, this company rented its second-floor living quarters to Scopes Trial reporters from periodicals such as Harper's Weekly. — — Map (db m182753) HM
This office is that of James W. McKenzie, grandson of B.G. McKenzie and nephew of J. G. McKenzie, Scopes Trial prosecuting attorneys. — — Map (db m177938) HM
Old Cornerstone
In 1832, the tree that marked the corner between John Abel and Robert Cosby was replaced with the stone by this plaque.
Smith's Crossroads
On Highway 30 west at the outskirts of Dayton, there is a Trail of Tears . . . — — Map (db m55805) HM
In honor of the gallant men and women
of Rhea County
who participated in the struggle
to keep American mighty and free
WORLD WAR II
(left plaque)
U.S. Army
Allen, Glen C. • Atkins, William M. • Baker, John C. • . . . — — Map (db m54246) WM
Although this is not the original Rogers house, the retaining wall bordering the property is original. During the trial, the Rogers family moved out to let William Jennings Bryan and his family stay here. It was here that Bryan died on July 26, 1925. — — Map (db m182771) HM
On the north side of this site, 75 yards south of the creek, was the school where in 1924-25 John T. Scopes coached football, basketball, and baseball as well as taught mathematics, physics, and chemistry. The building was used by Bryan University . . . — — Map (db m182748) HM
Named for pioneer settler William Smith, a New England teacher and merchant, who settled here in 1820, it was the junction of the Kiuka War Trace (later Black Fox Trail) to the Cumberland and the main north-south Indian trail to the Great Lakes. . . . — — Map (db m4053) HM
Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925, John Thomas Scopes, a county high school teacher, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; . . . — — Map (db m82314) HM
John T. Scopes lived here the year he taught in Dayton. During the Scopes Trial, Scopes' father and columnist Bugs Baer stayed here. — — Map (db m182750) HM
This house was built in 1890 by Dr. Walter F. Thomison, who was the chief doctor for the Dayton Coal and Iron Company, the local surgeon for the Southern Railway System, and the attending physician to William Jennings Bryan at his death. — — Map (db m182772) HM
About 1807, Conley Hastings established a ferry at this site. Originally, it provided transportation between the town of Washington to the west and the Cherokee Territory to the east of the river, and later between the Rhea and Meigs County seats of . . . — — Map (db m150312) HM
(Marker front):
William Jennings Bryan
1860 - 1925
Presidential Nominee
Secretary of State
Congressman
Christian Statesman
Author and Orator
(On the statue's proper left):
"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a . . . — — Map (db m54243) HM
Founded 1884 by the American Missionary Assoc., this school prepared students from the hill country of East Tenn. for college entrance, Christian works, or teaching in elementary schools. Improved public schools caused Grandview to close its doors . . . — — Map (db m69233) HM
On this site was founded Graysville Academy by a group of Seventh-day Adventists who were organized as a church on Sept. 8, 1888. Recognizing the need for training young people in order that the work of the church in the South could be expanded, a . . . — — Map (db m26018) HM
Rhea County
Established 1807; named in honor of
John Rhea
Revolutionary veteran, who fought at King's Mountain. Delegate to the North Carolina Convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution; member of the Tennessee Constitutional . . . — — Map (db m26017) HM
Prolific Nashville session pianist Hargus Melvin “Pig” Robbins has played on records by artists as diverse as Alan Jakson, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Bob Dylan, Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty, Crystal Gayle, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Joan Baez, . . . — — Map (db m178590) HM
Walden’s Ridge, directly ahead, was a natural obstacle to east-west military movements during the war. In 1862–1863, Confederate authorities ordered three Rhea County cavalry companies to patrol the passes there between Emory Gap (north) and . . . — — Map (db m69235) HM