On Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) south of 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
This building has a loft that was used during the Scopes Trial as the Press Hall — a place where many of the 120 reporters worked and had their sleeping quarters. W. C. Bailey also owned Scopes' boardinghouse. — — Map (db m177936) HM
On Cherry Street at Idaho Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Cherry Street.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this historically. restored building is the oldest house within the Dayton city limits and was built in 1861 by S.D. Broyles, who was an early resident of Smith's Crossroads and a developer of . . . — — Map (db m182774) HM
On Mercer Drive east of Bryan Drive, on the left when traveling east.
During the Scopes Trial, William Jennings Bryan expressed the wish that a school might be established in Dayton to teach from a Biblical perspective. Following his death on July 26, 1925, a national association was formed to establish such an . . . — — Map (db m177943) HM
On Rhea County Highway (U.S. 27) just north of Chickamauga Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Bryan College was named to honor William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), American statesman,
orator, three-time democratic presidential candidate, former secretary of state, and
spokesman for religious orthodoxy in the modernist-fundamentalist . . . — — Map (db m150437) HM
On Cedar Glen Lane north of Chickamauga Drive, on the left when traveling north.
This building was erected in 1929 by Dr. Walter Agnew Thomison and local businessmen as Dayton's first hospital. It was leased by Bryan University from 1932-38 and used as a women's dormitory, college dining hall, and kitchen. From 1938-46, it was . . . — — Map (db m182764) HM
Near Washington Pike, 0.1 miles south of Old Washington Highway (Tennessee Route 30).
1750 1812
Revolutionary War soldier
David Campbell Major-VA
1st Clerk of Washington County, VA
Marker placed by Judge David Campbell Chap., NSDAR
2011 — — Map (db m150531) WM
On Main Street at Market Street (Tennessee Route 378), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
This is the site of the drug store where the first local plans for the Scopes Trial were made by Robinson, George Rappleyea, and others. Next door on the west side was the Aqua Hotel, where the following trial participants roomed, ate, or conferred: . . . — — Map (db m182756) HM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) at California Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Market Street.
Here William Jennings Bryan made his last public appearance when he attended the morning worship on Sunday, July 26, 1925, and was asked to lead in prayer. The current building has been renovated and expanded — — Map (db m182768) HM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) north of 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
In business since 1909, this company rented its second-floor living quarters to Scopes Trial reporters from periodicals such as Harper's Weekly. — — Map (db m182753) HM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) north of 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This office is that of James W. McKenzie, grandson of B.G. McKenzie and nephew of J. G. McKenzie, Scopes Trial prosecuting attorneys. — — Map (db m177938) HM
On Market Street at Florida Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Market Street.
Old Cornerstone
In 1832, the tree that marked the corner between John Abel and Robert Cosby was replaced with the stone by this plaque.
Smith's Crossroads
On Highway 30 west at the outskirts of Dayton, there is a Trail of Tears . . . — — Map (db m55805) HM
On Market Street at 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Market Street.
In honor of the gallant men and women
of Rhea County
who participated in the struggle
to keep American mighty and free
WORLD WAR II
(left plaque)
U.S. Army
Allen, Glen C. • Atkins, William M. • Baker, John C. • . . . — — Map (db m54246) WM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) at Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Market Street.
Although this is not the original Rogers house, the retaining wall bordering the property is original. During the trial, the Rogers family moved out to let William Jennings Bryan and his family stay here. It was here that Bryan died on July 26, 1925. — — Map (db m182771) HM
On 4th Avenue south of Church Street, on the left when traveling east.
On the north side of this site, 75 yards south of the creek, was the school where in 1924-25 John T. Scopes coached football, basketball, and baseball as well as taught mathematics, physics, and chemistry. The building was used by Bryan University . . . — — Map (db m182748) HM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 27) at W. Delaware Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Market Street.
Named for pioneer settler William Smith, a New England teacher and merchant, who settled here in 1820, it was the junction of the Kiuka War Trace (later Black Fox Trail) to the Cumberland and the main north-south Indian trail to the Great Lakes. . . . — — Map (db m4053) HM
On North Market Street (Tennessee Route 30), on the right when traveling south.
Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925, John Thomas Scopes, a county high school teacher, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; . . . — — Map (db m82314) HM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 30) at 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Market Street.
John T. Scopes lived here the year he taught in Dayton. During the Scopes Trial, Scopes' father and columnist Bugs Baer stayed here. — — Map (db m182750) HM
On Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) at Idaho Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Market Street.
This house was built in 1890 by Dr. Walter F. Thomison, who was the chief doctor for the Dayton Coal and Iron Company, the local surgeon for the Southern Railway System, and the attending physician to William Jennings Bryan at his death. — — Map (db m182772) HM
On Old Washington Highway (State Highway 30) 0.8 miles east of Old Dixie Highway (State Highway 302), on the right when traveling east.
About 1807, Conley Hastings established a ferry at this site. Originally, it provided transportation between the town of Washington to the west and the Cherokee Territory to the east of the river, and later between the Rhea and Meigs County seats of . . . — — Map (db m150312) HM
On N. Market Street (Tennessee Route 27) near 3rd Avenue (Tennessee Route 30), on the left when traveling north.
(Marker front):
William Jennings Bryan
1860 - 1925
Presidential Nominee
Secretary of State
Congressman
Christian Statesman
Author and Orator
(On the statue's proper left):
"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a . . . — — Map (db m54243) HM
