Near Interstate 40 at milepost 324,, 2.6 miles east of Peavine Road (Tennessee Route 101) when traveling east.
David “Tinker Dave” Beaty, a native of Fentress County, was the best-known Union partisan in the Upper Cumberland mountains. In 1862, he formed a group called Beaty's Company of Independent Tennessee Scouts, also variously called . . . — — Map (db m150754) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 127) close to West 1st Street, on the right when traveling south.
Had high end apartments.
law office.
Beauty parlor and
Maude Frazier's Famous
Black & White
Coffee shop
Highland Federal
since 1961 — — Map (db m150290) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 127) just south of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Of Native Crab Orchard
Stone and Art Deco Design.
Closed in 1978.
Restored in 2001 for a
Community Auditorium
Placed on the National
Register of Historic Places
in 1994. — — Map (db m150289) HM
On POW Camp Road, 0.1 miles north of 4-H Center Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Opened in November 1942, one of the first prisoner of war camps during World War II, Camp Crossville housed over 1,500 German and Italian prisoners of war. Designated for officers, the camp held General Pietro Gazzeri, one of the Italian army's . . . — — Map (db m150187) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 127) north of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Divided loyalties in Tennessee produced a bitter and violent Civil War experience in Cumberland County, the only county that did not report a vote either for or against secession. Confederate supporters joined Co. B, Lt. Col. Oliver P. Hamilton’s . . . — — Map (db m69232) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 127) south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Erected by The Sgt. William A. Hamby Camp 1750 Sons of Confederate Veterans and the SCV Ladies Auxiliary in honor of those from Cumberland County who served in the Civil War
Stone donated by the Rose family of Tennessee Building Stone in memory . . . — — Map (db m150214) WM
Near Office Drive at Pigeon Ridge Road (Tennessee Route 419).
When the war began, the residents of the Upper Cumberland Plateau were divided in their loyalties. In Cumberland County, for instance, the numbers of Confederate and Union enlistments were about equal.
Some Confederate supporters joined Co. B, . . . — — Map (db m107097) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 127) south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
World War I
Arthur T. Allison • Thomas Bruce • Urious I. Burgess • William W. Campbell • James E. Caudill • Neal G. Clifton • Virgil Ford • William Godsey • Ernest B. Henry • Alf Hillis • Phillip Howard • Thomas R. Jordan • Milo Lemert • . . . — — Map (db m150226) WM
On South Main Street (U.S. 127) at East 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
This engine was brought to Cumberland County from Indianna by Samuel Cline about 1872. It powered a sawmill and grist mill at what was then Northville.
Donated to Cumberland County by Mason Hatfield in 1956. — — Map (db m69300) HM
On Homestead Access Road at U.S. 127, on the left when traveling west on Homestead Access Road.
Cumberland Homesteads was one of the largest of
about 100 New Deal Subsistence Homesteads
Communities built to aid “needy, yet worthy
families” with jobs, training, and the purchase
of homes. Architect W. M. Stanton designed the
layout and the . . . — — Map (db m150305) HM
On Old Jamestown Highway at Methodist Campground Drive, on the left when traveling north on Old Jamestown Highway.
Reverend Robert Hershey Hall walked over this county
serving an eight church circuit. His intercession in
behalf of many young people who were being denied
the opportunity for education led to the establishment
of Cumberland Mountain School by . . . — — Map (db m150211) HM
On Pigeon Ridge Road (State Highway 419) at Office Drive, on the right when traveling east on Pigeon Ridge Road.
Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps' Company 3464 built this unsuspended bridge
between 1935 and 1940, for a 30-acre impoundment of Byrd's Creek. Three thousand five hundred and fifty cubic yards of dirt and rock were excavated and the core, . . . — — Map (db m157786) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 127) at Shepherds Way, on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.
"First in war, First in peace, First in the hearts of his countrymen" Historic Red Maple Tree from Mount Vernon planted by the Crab-Orchard Chapter, NSDAR. — — Map (db m159990) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 127) just south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Korea
Land of the Morning Calm
Dedicated to those who served, fought and sacrificed in the war for the freedom for the people of Korea.
Military casualties
The United States 135,707
The Republic of Korea 400,167
Other United . . . — — Map (db m150213) WM
In 1817, John Kemmer purchased land here and built Kemmer Stand, a wayside inn, at the intersection of Burke Road. It was two-story, two-section structure that housed many travelers traversing the Cumberland Plateau. At the crest of this hill lies . . . — — Map (db m18194) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 127) north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
A world-class vocalist and actress, Crossville, Tennessee, native Mandy Barnett has been called "a song's best friend” for her interpretive skill and devotion to classic country, R&B, and popular standards.
Barnett's formidable talents and . . . — — Map (db m182677) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 127) just south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Formerly the main Crossville United States post office, this courthouse annex bears the name of World War I Cumberland County hero Milo Lemert (1890 - 1918).
Milo Lemert was a sergeant in Company G 119th Infantry 30th Division of the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m150212) WM
On Thurman Avenue south of East 4th Street, on the left when traveling south.
Charles Edward Snodgrass commenced his law practice in Crossville in 1888, probably in this very building. He represented the 4th Congressional District of Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 56th & 57th Congresses. He was Judge of . . . — — Map (db m182681) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 127) just south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sergeant Morgan W. Strader
USMC, Operation Iraqi Freedom
July 18, 1981 to November 12, 2004
Lance Corporal Stephen F. Dearman
USMC, Operation Iraqi Freedom
May 5, 1987 to April 3, 2009
Sergeant Daniel T. Lee
Army, . . . — — Map (db m150228) WM
