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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dyersburg

 
Clickable Map of Dyer County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Dyer County, TN (5) Crockett County, TN (6) Gibson County, TN (20) Lake County, TN (9) Lauderdale County, TN (15) Obion County, TN (33) Mississippi County, AR (33) Pemiscot County, MO (4)  DyerCounty(5) Dyer County (5)  CrockettCounty(6) Crockett County (6)  GibsonCounty(20) Gibson County (20)  LakeCounty(9) Lake County (9)  LauderdaleCounty(15) Lauderdale County (15)  ObionCounty(33) Obion County (33)  MississippiCountyArkansas(33) Mississippi County (33)  PemiscotCountyMissouri(4) Pemiscot County (4)
Dyersburg, Tennessee and Vicinity
    Dyer County (5)
    Crockett County (6)
    Gibson County (20)
    Lake County (9)
    Lauderdale County (15)
    Obion County (33)
    Mississippi County, Arkansas (33)
    Pemiscot County, Missouri (4)
 
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1Tennessee (Dyer County), Dyersburg — Dyer County in the WarA Scoured Countryside
On West Court Street at South Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Court Street.
At least fifteen Confederate companies were formed in Dyer County, including Capt. Otho F. Strahl’s Co. K, 4th Tennessee Infantry, and Capt. Tyree H. Bell’s Co. B, 12th Tennessee Infantry. Both men rose to the rank of brigadier general. Strahl was . . . — Map (db m74634) HM
2Tennessee (Dyer County), Dyersburg — Mrs. Rosa M. ParksMother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
On Bypass U.S. 51 at South Main Avenue (Business Tennessee Highway 3), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 51Bypass .
Mrs. Rosa McCauley Parks (1913–2005). She was tired; her feet ached. The year was 1955 in the month of December when this seamstress was returning home on the Cleveland Street bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was ordered to give up her seat to . . . — Map (db m63172) HM
3Tennessee (Dyer County), Dyersburg — 4B 10 — Otho French Strahl
On East Court Street.
Born in Ohio, he came to Dyersburg and practiced law before secession. In 1861 he raised here a company of the 4th Tenn. Infantry for the Confederacy. Winning successive promotion to the grade of brigadier general, he was killed leading his brigade . . . — Map (db m63174) HM
 
 
  
  
 
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