On Great Falls Road (Tennessee Route 287) 0.9 miles east of Beach Road, on the left when traveling east.
1892 - Falls City Cotton Mill was built by Asa Faulkner and several others. It was the only textile mill in Warren County prior to 1930. The mill was in operation until the great flood of 1902, which destroyed many of the mills in the region. . . . — — Map (db m184508) HM
On Great Falls Road (Tennessee Route 287) 0.6 miles east of Beach Road, on the right when traveling east.
Tennessee Power Co. built the 12.1-mile long Great Falls-Spencer 46-kv Transmission Line in 1913 as part of a 151-mile line connecting the Ocoee No. 1 Hydroelectric Plant to Nashville. H.M. Byllesby & Co. designed the towers and the Nashville Bridge . . . — — Map (db m235121) HM
On Great Falls Road (Tennessee Route 287) 1 mile east of Beach Road, on the right when traveling east.
This quaint site centers around a natural, free-flowing underground spring. The small stone enclosure, a spring house, was likely built in the early 1900s when the Tennessee Electric Power Company (TEPCO) operated the dam nearby. This spring house . . . — — Map (db m184516) HM
Near Beach Road 0.1 miles Great Falls Road ( Route 287).
Rock Island State Park is an 870-acre rustic park located on the headwaters of Center Hill Lake and at the confluence of the Caney Fork, Collins, and Rocky Rivers. Its rugged beauty is punctuated by two stunning waterfalls and the imposing Caney . . . — — Map (db m235123) HM
On Tennessee Route 136 at Old Ferry Rd, on the right when traveling north on Tennessee Route 136.
This tavern on the Kentucky-Alabama Road was established by John D. Rodgers, veteran of the War of 1812 and of Jackson's Florida Campaign. He also operated Rodgers' Ferry, 0.4 miles northeast, opposite the island which gave this town its name. — — Map (db m83058) HM
On Great Falls Road (Tennessee Route 287), on the right when traveling east.
The Spring Castle is an elaborate spring house built while the textile mill was in operation. The reservoir behind the wall contains water from a natural spring. This provided water to the mill and surrounding houses for everyday use as well as fire . . . — — Map (db m184515) HM
On Beach Road 0.5 miles north of Great Falls Road ( Route 287), on the right when traveling west.
Warren County's resident initially voted against secession, but their sentiment turned against Abraham Lincoln after the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter and Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the "insurrection." After a second vote in . . . — — Map (db m235122) HM
On Great Falls Road (Tennessee Route 287) south of H G Hill Road, on the right when traveling south.
The circa 1910 Webb Hotel served early commercial lodging in Rock Island, Tennessee. Great Falls Dam, which opened in 1917, resulted in making the community one of Tennessee's premier resort towns. Sunday dinners, the floating Collins River swimming . . . — — Map (db m184522) HM
