Center Hill Dam
Designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and built by private contractors, Center Hill Dam, 240 feet high and 2,160 feet long, impounds 64 miles of the Caney Fork River. Congress authorized the dam in 1938 to reduce flood . . . — — Map (db m157775) HM
Dedicated - August 2, 1975
by
Governor Ray Blanton
and
Honorable B.R. Allison
Commissioner of Conservation
State of Tennessee
This rustic state park consisting of approximately 6,000 acres was built jointly by the U.S. Corps of Engineers . . . — — Map (db m268339) HM
At this crossing on April 24, 1949; Tennessee Central Freight No. 81 struck a heavily loaded pickup truck killing ten members of the Bennett Family. The truck was pushed 100 yards west down the tracks. This became Smith County's worst tragedy in . . . — — Map (db m145758) HM