On Belle Meade Boulevard at Deer Park Drive, on the right when traveling south on Belle Meade Boulevard.
Jackson Boulevard follows the contour of the 408-acre Belle Meade Plantation Deer Park, established by John Harding in 1833 or 1834. The park became a favorite picnic spot for Nashvillians. By 1854, it held approximately 200 deer and 14 buffalo. A . . . — — Map (db m163928) HM
On Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) 0.2 miles north of Leake Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In 1872 the Belle Meade railroad station was an active part of General Harding's Thoroughbred industry. The Railroad line running through the Belle Meade farm had numerous names and owners. In 1867, the State of Tennessee took over the line . . . — — Map (db m158705) HM
On Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) at Belle Meade Blvd, on the right when traveling west on Harding Pike.
Sending Lee's Corps and the bulk of his army's artillery toward Columbia to engage and hold Schofield in check, Hood moved the Confederate Army of Tennessee east along this road to Davis's Ford of Duck River. Here he crossed, to place himself across . . . — — Map (db m262519) HM
On Belle Meade Boulevard 0.1 miles south of Page Road, in the median.
So the posterity might enjoy the benefits of a public park preserved in its natural beauty, in 1927 Colonel Lea gave the original tract of 868 acres of this land to the city of Nashville requesting that the park near the name of his late . . . — — Map (db m163932) HM WM
Near Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) 0.2 miles north of Leake Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
In 1742 a European settler recorded his travel and the conditions of the path which was known as the Natchez Trace. This is the earliest known recording of the trace, a portion of which was located on the site of Belle Meade Plantation. The trace, . . . — — Map (db m81472) HM
