On North Main Avenue at Tucker Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Avenue.
Beginning operations in 1917, Southern Potteries, Inc. was fostered by the Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railroad. For many years, it was one of the nation's largest producers of hand-painted-under-the-glaze pottery, sold under the name “Blue . . . — — Map (db m173326) HM
On Interstate 26 at milepost 5, 0.2 miles east of Clearbranch Road, on the right when traveling north.
Secession bitterly divided Tennessee's mountain residents in 1861. Most were Unionist, but this part of the state remained Confederate territory until later in the war. Guerrilla warfare was common here.
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In the valley 500 yards north were held many kinds of frontier diversions, including racing on a half~mile semicircular track. Here, in 1788, Andrew Jackson, then 21 years old, rode his horse in a match race against a horse belonging to Col. Robert . . . — — Map (db m82981) HM
On Jackson Love Highway (Tennessee Route 36) at Interstate 26, on the right when traveling east on Jackson Love Highway.
The Battle of the Red Banks. On December 29, 1864, the Third Regiment of North Carolina Mounted Infantry, under Colonel George W.Kirk, engaged about 400 Confederate Infantry and Cavalry under Lt. Colonel James A.Keith at Red Banks of the . . . — — Map (db m22804) HM
On Unaka Way Street at Ohio Avenue on Unaka Way Street.
(Front): To those who died for a sacred cause, and to those who lived to win a nobler victory in time of peace. (Side): Whose fidelity, whose purity, whose courage, whose gentle genius in love and in counsel. Kept the home secure, the . . . — — Map (db m23142) WM
On North Main Avenue near Tucker Street, on the right when traveling south.
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Unicoi County
Unicoi County was formed during the Reconstruction era from parts of Washington and Carter counties on March 23, 1875. Representative Alfred A. Taylor introduced a bill in the Tennessee Legislature and . . . — — Map (db m82982) HM
On North Main Avenue just north of Gay Street, on the right when traveling north.
“In memory of the men and women of Unicoi County who answered the call of duty in the way of Right and Liberty.” “We enjoy the result of toil and sacrifice, let us emulate their fortitude and virtue.” “In the past is sacrifice, in the future . . . — — Map (db m311098) WM
On Tennessee Route 107 at Lower Stone Mountain Road on Tennessee Route 107.
Here are buried the nine victims of a massacre of Union sympathizers by a detachment of Confederate cavalry from the command of Col. V.A. Witcher, Jr. A marker at the grave site gives their names. — — Map (db m234257) HM
On Tennessee Route 107 south of Limestone Cove Road.
Following the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 15, 1933, as an unemployment relief measure, a group of two hundred enrollees of Company 1455 began camp construction at this site on May 27. Soon . . . — — Map (db m234254) HM
Near Tennessee Route 107 near Lower Stone Mountain Road, on the right when traveling east.
In honor –GARLAND– patriot soldiers of the Revolutionary War from this area.
Rowan County N.C. Militia: Joseph Garland • Samuel Garland • Wm. Gutridge Garland
N.C. Continental Line: John Garland • Elisha Garland . . . — — Map (db m274235) WM
Near Route 107 at Lower Stone Mountain Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Here are buried the eight civilians killed at the home of Dr. David Bell in November, 1863. Enroute to Kentucky to join Federal forces, they were found by a detachment of Col. W.A. Witcher's Confederate cavalry, while waiting for breakfast. They . . . — — Map (db m274229) HM
Near Tennessee Route 107 at Lower Stone Mountain Road, on the right when traveling east.
In memory of other Union men tortured and killed by Witchers’s Confederate troops at Limestone Cove: Brothers John and Elias Fry; their nephew, John Campbell; and Mr. Robert Dowdell. May their sacrifice never be forgotten. — — Map (db m274233) HM
