This majestic waterfall plunges into a gorge containing one of the last stands of virgin forest in the Southeast. From this point you may see several mature hemlocks and yellow poplars, the primary tree species growing in this cool, moist, shaded . . . — — Map (db m216727) HM
On Tennessee Route 285, on the right when traveling north.
In the late summer of 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg marched northward down this valley with an army of several thousand soldiers, supply wagons, and artillery pieces en route to invade Kentucky. They traveled and camped along the east side . . . — — Map (db m83042) HM
On College Street (State Highway 30) 0.1 miles west of Webster Street, on the right when traveling west.
Established 1848 through the efforts of Elihu Burritt, a blacksmith who intended that the
youth of his community should get the benefits of education denied to him. It closed its doors in 1939, as a result of the development of the public school . . . — — Map (db m153651) HM
On Shelby A. Rhinehart Memorial Highway (Tennessee Route 111) at Trail of Tears Road, on the right when traveling north on Shelby A. Rhinehart Memorial Highway.
In January 1941, the Army began construction of the 30,617-acre Spencer Artillery Range as an annex of Camp Forrest. Intended as a firing range for heavy artillery, it was utilized by other units, including infantry. The 2nd Ranger Battalion . . . — — Map (db m40256) HM
Just south of here was the studio of Gilbert Gaul, one of the best painters of American Civil War scenes. After being elected the youngest member of the National Academy of Design in 1882, his "Holding the Line at all Hazards" won an Academy Gold . . . — — Map (db m83043) HM
On October 20, 1837, B. B. Cannon with a group of 365 treaty party Cherokees camped near here on their way to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. Rainey’s Turnpike crossed here at the old John Fleming farm and in 1838 was one route used . . . — — Map (db m3626) HM
On College Street (Tennessee Route 30) west of Sparta Street, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of those who were killed or missing in action from Van Buren County during the Civil War
Agent, Andrew J. Pvt. • Badger, Felix, Pvt. • Baker, Peter, Pvt. • Baker, Samuel, Pvt. • Ballard, Silas Y., Pvt. • Billingsley, Cyrus, Pvt. • . . . — — Map (db m177941) WM
On College Street (Tennessee Route 30) west of Sparta Street, on the right when traveling west.
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Honoring all who served and dedicated to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice
World War I
Chambers, Angers • Griffith, Alex C. • Grissom, Jim Bryan • Medley, Charlie • Vanwinkle, Arthur G.
World War . . . — — Map (db m177939) WM
On College Street (State Highway 30) west of Webster Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Civil War first touched Van Buren County in 1861 when Confederates under James Randals began mining Big Bone Cave's saltpeter deposits. By 1863, 4,017 pounds of nitre—essential to the manufacture of gunpowder—had been produced. . . . — — Map (db m153750) HM
