On Broadway Street at Lee Ave, on the left when traveling south on Broadway Street.
The Arcade saloon
was located on the corner of
Broadway and Lee Street
and operated from 1870-1885.
The proprietor of the establishment was
J.H. Coleman
who touted himself as a "saloonist."
Coleman advertised that a patron could buy
the . . . — — Map (db m271956) HM
On Cherry Avenue at College Drive, on the right when traveling west on Cherry Avenue.
Founded as Bethel Seminary at McLemoresville in 1842 by the West Tennessee Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Ruben Burrow principal. Incorporated in 1847, it became Bethel College in 1850 and moved here in 1872. It was presented to . . . — — Map (db m52842) HM
On Highland Drive (U.S. 76) at State Route 22, on the left when traveling north on Highland Drive.
About 3 miles SE, the lake was discovered in 1785 by Henry Rutherford, who surveyed the majority of west Tennessee. It was orginally named Boyd's Lake, for the Rev. Adam Boyd, chaplin [sic] of the North Carolina Regiment in the Revolution, who later . . . — — Map (db m81368) HM
On North Main Street at Cedar Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Shortly after the Battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862, information reached the Confederate army near Corinth in northern Mississippi that a large store of Union supplies worth $3,000,000 was located at Paducah, Kentucky. On April 29, Confederate . . . — — Map (db m271959) HM
On Highland Drive (U.S. 76) 0.2 miles south of Oak Manor Road & Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling north.
Moving to McKenzie, Forrest's Brigade captured the 100 - man garrison. Here they spent Christmas Eve, while working parties completed destruction of 4 miles of trestles and bridge between the forks of the Obion River. Other parties completed . . . — — Map (db m52174) HM
On Cedar Street at Broadway St, on the right when traveling west on Cedar Street.
From the late 1800's until the Hamilton Building
was constructed in 1929, Dennings' Tin Shop, a livery
stable, and Lee Stroup's Saloon operated on this site.
Originally, the building was in two sections.
On the west side was Bobo's Dry Goods . . . — — Map (db m271957) HM
On North Carroll Street 0.3 miles north of East Smith Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Albert Gallatin Harris purchased this farm in 1829 and built the present house in 1857. After camping on the land during the Civil War, Union troops ransacked the farm, killing or stealing all the livestock. They did not burn the house because the . . . — — Map (db m74514) HM
On Cedar Street (Tennessee Route 124) at Broadway Street, on the left when traveling west on Cedar Street.
James Monroe McKenzie, entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in February 12, 1818. In 1860 he donated land for the depot and freight office where the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad crossed the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, resulting in the . . . — — Map (db m81369) HM
On North Main Street at Cedar Street ( Route 124), on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
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Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry brigade on a raid through West Tennessee, Dec. 15, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863, destroying railroads and severing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's supply line between Columbus, Kentucky, and Vicksburg, . . . — — Map (db m74532) HM
On Broadway Street at Lee Ave, on the right when traveling south on Broadway Street.
During the 1880's before this building was
constructed in 1898, the site was home to a shoe maker,
photo gallery and dry goods store.
Operating on the bottom floor of the building from
1899-1947 was J.P. Cannon & Sons Drug Store.
The original . . . — — Map (db m271953) HM
On Highland Drive (U.S. 79) 0.1 miles south of Route 22, on the left when traveling north.
Originally founded in 1923 as the black "County Training School" at Smyrna, Tennessee. It was moved to McKenzie in 1927, and named "Webb High School" in honor of John L. Webb. With over 1900 alumni, this school, under the leadership of J. L. Seets . . . — — Map (db m52177) HM
