1907 - Looking northeast. Building to the right is the original depot. Replaced in 1909 with the current building.
1909 - Looking south at current depot. Completed in this year. Note Duke House Hotel in background on the left. — — Map (db m294146) HM
Responsible for the Nashville & Knoxville Railroad. First public transportation in Cookeville which had a profound influence on the growth of the whole upper Cumberland.
First Engineer: David Elmer Dorman, 1883-1898 — — Map (db m294151) HM
Isaac Buck led his family to this area from Pennsylvania in 1820. In 1849 he purchased land here, and in 1852 he and his son, Jonathan Buck, opened Andrew College, commonly
called “Buck's College,” at this spot. It was the first known . . . — — Map (db m157380) HM
The first church services were held one-mile due east, on the south bank of Falling Water River. Joshua Bartlett founded the church after relocating to Tennessee from Boonesborough, Kentucky and began church services in his log house. Recognized as . . . — — Map (db m263867) HM
Founded in 1939, Capshaw School was part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal Program. Named in honor of Cookeville attorney and co-founder of Dixie College Robert Byrd Capshaw, the land that the school sits on, was once part of the Capshaw farm. . . . — — Map (db m124067) HM
Putnam County was a divided land during the Civil War as local residents enlisted in either Federal or Confederate units. It also was a crossroads, as both armies passed through the county numerous times over such important historic roads as the . . . — — Map (db m159208) HM
Front:
The Greatest Fighting Force Ever Assembled
The Confederate Soldiers
1861-1865
“Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity, but simple obedience to duty as they . . . — — Map (db m157400) WM
Cookeville Recappers moved to this location in 1960 from the S.W. corner on the square and operated here until the county bought the land for the Justice Center in 1990. — — Map (db m295528) HM
This scenic treasure is located on the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River, a tributary of the Roaring River State Scenic River, which flows into the Cumberland River/Cordell Hull Watershed. It is the eighth-largest waterfall In Tennessee in volume . . . — — Map (db m213903) HM
During his lifetime, Jere Whitson was a devoted and public spirited citizen of Putnam County. It was through his leadership that progressive movements of his era led the way for the progress
of today. His accomplishments were many, such as . . . — — Map (db m262361) HM
This quadrangle was part of the grounds of the University of Dixie, commonly called "Dixie College," chartered 18 Nov. 1909. Jere Whitson and other Cookeville citizens led the drive for the college; Whitson donated twelve acres for the institution. . . . — — Map (db m27471) HM
Putnam County, created in 1842 and re-established in 1854, was named for Major General Israel Putnam, who was commissioned on June 19, 1775 by the Continental Congress. A popular hero of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m75353) HM
This tablet is placed here by the citizens of Cookeville to the memory of Jere Baxter who conceived the idea of this road and executed it by the cooperation of the people.
"That I have loved her the more, I have left upon her she'll be my . . . — — Map (db m294149) HM
Located ¼ mile south of this point on what was originally Old Walton Road, Mount Granger was the western distribution point for all U.S. mails to the southwestern frontier. In 1806 Mount Granger was named in honor of the Hon. Gideon Granger, . . . — — Map (db m157373) HM
Isaac Buck organized this church, one of the oldest in the County in 1820. Before the Civil War the site was a famous camp meeting ground. When Putnam County was permanently established in 1854, courts met in the old log church, and militia mustered . . . — — Map (db m75262) HM
Built in the 1830s, the Shipley Barn is one of the oldest structures in Putnam County. A
uniquely preserved example of half-dovetail notched log construction, it was built by master craftsmen for Abraham Buck, a leading Upper Cumberland pioneer and . . . — — Map (db m157377) HM
Putnam County's third courthouse (above) was built in 1866 and burned in 1899. The present building (below) was completed in 1900 and remodeled in 1962, where the clock tower was removed. — — Map (db m295529) HM
After Putnam County was established in 1854, this site was chosen for its courthouse. Fires destroyed the first building soon after it was erected in 1855, a second during the Civil War, and a third in 1899. Construction of this courthouse, James . . . — — Map (db m27474) HM
POW * MIA
You Are Not Forgotten
And if words cannot
repay the debt we owe
these men surely with
our actions we must
strive to keep faith
with them and with
the vision that led
them to battle and to
final sacrifice . . . — — Map (db m262356) WM
Putnam veterans
who made the
“supreme sacrifice”
World War I
Bartlett, John L. • Brewington, Fred • Bush, William C. • Butts, Bethel • Carter, Willis S. • Choate, James • Evans, Thomas J. • Haile, Max Morgan • Halfacre, Sherman • . . . — — Map (db m182673) WM
On March 27, 1878, in gallows erected near here at the foot of Billygoat Hill, Joseph and George (Teek) Brassell were hanged in Putnam County's only publicly held execution. The justice system tried, convicted, and sentenced the brothers to death . . . — — Map (db m157393) HM
Putnam County's third courthouse (above) was built in 1866 and burned in 1899. The present building (below) was completed in 1900 and remodeled in 1962, when the clock tower was removed. — — Map (db m182670) HM
Major Cooke (1789-1870), b. Culpepper County, Virginia, veteran of the War of 1812, with his wife Margaret Cox settled on a farm about nine miles southwest of here in 1816. As a
State Senator, 1851-55, he secured passage of a bill refounding Putnam . . . — — Map (db m157390) HM
On July 20, 1940, broadcast pioneer Luke Medley (1907-1998) opened WHUB, the first radio station between Nashville and Knoxville, making Cookeville one of the smallest towns in the nation to have local daily news, music, and sports . . . — — Map (db m150740) HM
Organized July 7, 1802 by Samuel McGee and Joseph Coons with Thomas McBride as the first moderator, the church was established by members of the Roaring River Baptist Church. The original church was located approximately one mile north of this . . . — — Map (db m150736) HM
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Brought here from Gallatin, TN — — Map (db m75265) HM
A locomotive on the Nashville-Knoxville Railroad first steamed into Cookeville in 1890. The Tennessee Central bought the line in 1902 and built this depot with its distinctive pagoda design in 1909. Soon six trains daily brought visitors, shoppers, . . . — — Map (db m99450) HM
On July 2, 1855, Charles Crook sold forty acres of land to the Putnam County Court for $100. An uncovered spring, located approximately fifty feet northwest of the marker, became known as "The Town Spring" and was the determining factor in locating . . . — — Map (db m62611) HM
On a hillock 300 yards from here stood this church, officially named Spring Creek Baptist Church. Organized July 7, 1802; with Samuel Meger and Jacob Cooms as first Presbyters, and Thomas McBride as Moderator. Was parent church for others . . . — — Map (db m150733) HM
This street generally follows the course of the Old Walton Road, completed in 1801 and connecting present-day Kingston and Carthage. Along this principal land route between east and middle Tennessee rolled wagons taking settlers west, and stages . . . — — Map (db m76175) HM
