In Jan. 1918, the area known as Hadley's Bend
was purchased by the U.S. government to build
a smokeless gunpowder factory to supply the
Allied troops during World War I. The contract
for the plant-called Old Hickory Works-was
awarded to DuPont . . . — — Map (db m210320) HM
Memorial to Corporal William F. Lyell awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy near Chup’a-Ri Korea, August . . . — — Map (db m167886) HM WM
Site of the $87,000,000 Old Hickory Powder Plant built and operated in 1918 by the E.I. duPont deNemours Co., for the United States Government, to make smokeless gunpowder for the Allied Armies in World War I. By the time of the Armistice Nov. 11, . . . — — Map (db m147697) HM
This intersection, known as "The Triangle," served as the commercial core of Old Hickory from the 1920s through the 1940s. A variety of shops were located here, including a grocery, bank, general store, barber shop, restaurants, and doctors' . . . — — Map (db m147695) HM
Old Hickory Village was built on 5,600 acres in 1918, when the DuPont Company signed a contract with the Federal Government to operate and construct the world's largest smokeless powder plant. Mason and Hanger Construction Company built 3,876 . . . — — Map (db m149356) HM
Served in the Revolutionary War and as Inspector of Revenue in North Carolina, the same position held by his brother Judge John Overton in Tennessee. Close friend of Andrew Jackson, he was one of Jackson's seconds in the duel with Charles Dickinson. . . . — — Map (db m147696) HM
This Methodist church was built in 1850 for use of slaves by Richard Williamson, an African American, on land donated by slave owner Dick Mastaman. It served as both a church and a school. The original floor joists remain today. In 1896 the . . . — — Map (db m151774) HM
