On 13 February 1960, 124 students from Nashville's Historically Black Colleges and Universities walked into Woolworth's, Kress, and McClellan's, sat down at the lunch counters and asked to be served to no avail. The students also targeted Walgreens, . . . — — Map (db m219765) HM
Sarah Estell, a free black woman in the slavery era, ran an ice cream parlor and sweet shop near here.
She overcame the many hurdles faced by free persons of color, and her venture thrived.
Her catering firm met the banquet needs of the city's . . . — — Map (db m81470) HM
On October 7, 1915, Dr. George Curtis, Albert F. Ganier, Judge H.Y. Hughes, Dr. George R. Mayfield, Dixon Merritt, and A.C. Webb met at Faucon's Restaurant, 419 Union Street, approximately 50 feet east of here, to found the Tennessee Ornithological . . . — — Map (db m61939) HM
Seventeenth President of the United States resided in a house at this site while
Military Governor of Tennessee 1862 - 1865
This marker placed by Camps of Greater Nashville
Woodmen of the World — — Map (db m207002) HM
In December 1945, Grand Ole Opry star Bill Monroe and his mandolin brought to the Ryman Auditorium stage a band that created a new American musical form. With the banjo style of Earl Scruggs and the guitar of Lester Flatt, the new musical genre . . . — — Map (db m24069) HM
The Nashville Equal Suffrage League was formed nearby in 1911 at the former Tulane
Hotel. In coordination with the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association the energetic
efforts of women leaders influenced public opinion in the decade ahead. . . . — — Map (db m163927) HM
Nashville insurance executive Edwin W. Craig launched radio station WSM on October 5, 1925 and made plans for a radio program called the "Barn Dance,” which first aired on November 28, 1925. WSM program director George D. Hay renamed the "Barn . . . — — Map (db m147728) HM
The house which stood about 100 feet west was built in 1815 by Felix Grundy. James K. Polk bought it while President in 1847. He came home to it on expiration of his term of office and died here, June 15, 1849. His widow occupied it until her death . . . — — Map (db m188773) HM
Little Jimmy Dickens first debuted on the Ryman stage in 1948 and went on to become one of the longest tenured and most beloved members of the Grand Ole Opry. His rhinestone-studded outfit, wild novelty hits, and infectious country humor captured . . . — — Map (db m117816) HM
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the official name for the War in Afghanistan under the umbrella of Global War on Terrorism. As a response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the United States . . . — — Map (db m207177) HM
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) is the official name of the War in Iraq under the umbrella of the Global War on Terrorism in March 2003, the president of the United States authorized the mission to rid Iraq of the tyrannical dictator Saddam Hussein . . . — — Map (db m207178) HM
Tennessee is grateful to its citizens who have received the Purple Heart Medal awarded to members of the armed forces wounded or killed during combat
May you here quietly contemplate the courage the courage and sacrifice of these fellow . . . — — Map (db m207175) WM
[Top plaque]
Ryman Auditorium
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
2001
National Park Service . . . — — Map (db m181432) HM
The Union Gospel Tabernacle was built in 1892
after steamboat captain Thomas Ryman heard
Rev. Sam P. Jones speak at a tent revival in
1885. Ryman commissioned architect Hugh C.
Thompson to build the Gothic Revival church,
which quickly became a . . . — — Map (db m198893) HM
Lardner Clark, “Merchant and Ordinary Keeper,” came from Philadelphia, Penn. in the early 1780s with ten horses packed with goods to sell. He established Nashville’s first drygoods store by 1783, on a site 30 yards east. Clark sold calicoes, . . . — — Map (db m188930) HM
Lardner Clark came from Philadelphia in the early 1780's with ten horses packed with piece goods, needles and pins. He established Nashville's first drygoods store by 1786, on a site 30 yards east. The building, which served as store, tavern and . . . — — Map (db m188934) HM
The tallest office building in Nashville was purchased from American General Life and Accident Insurance Company by the State of Tennessee on January 3, 1994.
It was originally built in 1970 as the National Life Center, home of the National Life . . . — — Map (db m166570) HM
James K. Polk moved back to Nashville after graduating from the University of North Carolina. he went to work for Felix Grundy a prominent Nashville lawyer and congressman who resided just west of Deaderick Street in a home called 'Grundy Place'. . . . — — Map (db m213215) HM
Pioneer Ministers
1785-1824 Thomas Craighead of NC•
1801-1833 William Hume of Scotland
Pastors, First Church,
1814 Gideon Blackburn, D.D. of VA•
1820 Allan D. Campbell, D.D. of England•
1828 Obadiah Jennings, D.D. of NJ•
1833 . . . — — Map (db m221162) HM
Ten Colonies were sent out from here by the First Church
Historical
1785 First Preaching in Cumberland Settlement by Thomas Craighead.
1798 Scotch Seceders formed congregation.
1801 Rev. William Hume placed in charge.
1812 First . . . — — Map (db m221163) HM
The Hermitage Hotel
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
Equal voting rights for women became part of the . . . — — Map (db m174704) HM
The Seeing Eye, the world-famous dog guide training school, was incorporated in Nashville January 29, 1929, with headquarters in the Fourth and First National Bank Building at 315 Union St. Morris Frank, a 20-year-old blind man from Nashville, and . . . — — Map (db m61940) HM
Sponsored by Misses Ann W Mildred Stahan of Nashville, Tenn.
Officers 70
Men 1179
Length 608’ 4"
Beam 61’ 7”
Speed 32 Knots
Guns
15 - 6”
8 - 5”
28 - 40mm
18 - 20mm
World War II Record
Atlantic Area
Aug. . . . — — Map (db m206994) HM WM
A prominent riverboat captain and Nashville businessman, Thomas Ryman was known for his generous contributions of time and money to the construction of the Union Gospel Tabernacle. In 1904, the Tabernacle was renamed the Ryman Auditorium in his . . . — — Map (db m61941) HM
On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby giving all American women the right to vote. After weeks of intense lobbying by national leaders, Tennessee passed the measure by one . . . — — Map (db m52369) HM
In 1925 Tennessee, Davidson County, and Nashville dedicated the War Memorial Auditorium as an enduring tribute to their sons ad daughters who served the nation on land, sea, and in the air during the First World War. The division of history of the . . . — — Map (db m147726) HM
"Boys, this will be short but desperate"
-Confederate General Otto Strahl to his men as they prepared to charge the open field. Strahl was one of five Confederate generals killed that day among 6.000 Confederate casualties. — — Map (db m215629) HM
For National Life and Accident Insurance Company, in 1925, George D. Hay inaugurated the WSM "Barn Dance" radio show that became the "Grand Ole Opry.
When constructed at Brentwood in 1932, WSM's 878-foot radio tower was North America's tallest. — — Map (db m218428) HM
State-supported education took a giant step forward with the founding of five colleges, mainly "normal schools" for teacher education.
They became state universities. Although prized distilleries and breweries had operated for decades, prohibition . . . — — Map (db m216164) HM
"The blood of white and black men has flowed freely together..."
-Union General George Thomas, after the Battle of Nashville in which the US Army included a significant number of African American soldiers — — Map (db m215631) HM
In 1848, "Volunteer" nickname became popular as a result of the more than 30,000 men who responded to a Mexican War troop call for 2,800. — — Map (db m215536) HM
In 1922, 16 poets and critics, many from Vanderbilt University, began issuing their poetry magazine, The Fugitive. Donald Davidson, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren went on to write essays for the Agrarian manifesto, . . . — — Map (db m216737) HM
In 1920, Tennessee's deciding vote for ratification of the 19th Amendment to U.S. Constitution gave all American women the right to vote. — — Map (db m216729) HM
By 1930, there were 4,000 miles of railroad track in Tennessee, linking virtually every town and city in the state and providing the primary means of transportation for both goods and services. During 1940s, some 95 percent of all military equipment . . . — — Map (db m218440) HM
A major treaty with the Chickasaw in 1818 opened West Tennessee to restless settlers, and land speculators took advantage of inherent opportunities. Local governments and other cultural institutions developed in burgeoning towns, as steamboats . . . — — Map (db m215301) HM
Tennessee became a leading agricultural state, Nashville was selected as the permanent capital, and the establishment of new schools and colleges reflected a growing refinement. Thousands of Cherokee were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands . . . — — Map (db m215445) HM
Armed with his rifle and pistol his courage and skill, this one Tennessean silenced a German Battalion of 35 machine guns, killing 25 enemy soldiers, and capturing 132 in the Argonne Forest of France, October 8, 1918
Right side: . . . — — Map (db m86362) HM
Tennessee captured the national spotlight with World War I hero Alvin C. York and with the critical vote of the General Assembly for woman's suffrage.
Multitudes also listened every Saturday night to the "Grand Ole Opry,” the longest-running radio . . . — — Map (db m216249) HM
Nashville is known as "Music City," but the entire state has contributed enormously to internationally recognized American Music that speaks across cultures. Source: Based on information supplied by the Country Music Foundation Library and Media . . . — — Map (db m213047) HM
Walden Ridge separates the Cumberland Mountains from the Tennessee Valley in Anderson County, named for Judge and Senator Joseph Anderson. Norris, flooding 36,000 acres, was TVA’s first hydroelectric dam. Twice state militia occupied parts of . . . — — Map (db m201293) HM
Born March 15, 1767 Died June 8, 1845
Seventh President of the United States 1829-1837
Commander of victorious American forces
at Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815
This equestrian statue by Clark Mills was erected by the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m85487) HM WM
In 1836, President Andrew Jackson declared the Treaty of New Echota binding, thereby mandating Cherokee emigrate by 1838 or be removed. — — Map (db m215447) HM
In 1921, Ann Lee Keys Worley of Sullivan County, first woman elected to the state senate, introduced a bill permitting women to hold any public office. — — Map (db m216736) HM
After efforts begun by Anne M. Davis in 1923, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was officially established in 1931. It embraced the oldest mountain range on the North American continent and one of the richest botanical grounds on earth. — — Map (db m218441) HM
By the 1870s, the Sulphur Springs Bottom took the name Athletic Park. Locals found the open fields where the areas earliest inhabitants once lived ideal for picnics and recreational activities,
including two sports in their infancy: football and . . . — — Map (db m175207) HM
Professional baseball returned to Nashville in 1978. Vanderbilt University baseball coach, Larry Schmittou, along with country
music artists Conway Twitty, Jerry Reed, Cal Smith, and several
addnional investors, purchased a Double-A minor . . . — — Map (db m175198) HM
Bedford, drained by the Duck River and it’s tributaries, is noted for the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration at Shelbyville and Webb School at Bell Buckle, founded in 1870 by Sawney Webb, “father of preparatory school education in the . . . — — Map (db m200241) HM
Benton, bordered on the east by the Tennessee River, is made of 80 million year old sand, clay, silt and gravel and 350 million year old limestone, shale, sandstone and chert. This chert preserved near perfect mollusks and bivalve shellfish fossils. . . . — — Map (db m199703) HM
Anthony Bledsoe was a Colonial Army captain, RevolutionarybWar Major, and Tennessee Militia colonel. Pikeville is named for Zebulon Montgomery Pike, soldier, explorer, and discoverer of Pikes Peak. The dominant natural feature is the Sequatchie . . . — — Map (db m201288) HM
Blount County honors William Blount, governor of the Southwest Territory. Young Sam Houston was among the early settlers and begging a life-long association, “one day crossed the river into Indian country and remained with the Cherokee’s for a . . . — — Map (db m201305) HM
Drained by the Hiwassee River at the northern boundary, Bradley recognizes Edward Bradley, colonel in the Fifteenth Tennessee Volunteer Regiment during the War of 1812. The topography runs in a southwesterly parallel ridges. Attempting to keep their . . . — — Map (db m201302) HM
Remains of an ancient Native American metropolis lie deep beneath the surface of modern day Nashville. Both here and directly to the east across the Cumberland River once stood a bustling city with thousands of inhabitants. Archaeologists have . . . — — Map (db m173821) HM
“Land of mountains, valleys, streams, and lakes,” Campbell is drained by the aclonch, Powell, and New rivers and tributaries of the Cumberland. It was derived from Anderson and Claiborne Counties. Virginia Militia Revolutionary War Colonel Arthur . . . — — Map (db m201294) HM
Cannon’s eastern half is on the Highland Rim and its western half
in the Central Basin Spurs of the Cumberland Plateau extend west creating numerous, small valleys and a varied topography
for the county named for Governor Newton Cannon.
Shawnee . . . — — Map (db m201148) HM
After the Chickasaw withdrew from West Tennessee, the influx of settlers seeking good farm land found here, “an unbroken forest infested with bears, wolves, panthers, deer, wildcats, the smaller wild animals, and snakes.” After clearing of their . . . — — Map (db m199697) HM
Carter was the first county created by the first Tennessee General Assembly. It venerates Landon Carter, speaker of the Senate for the “Lost State of Franklin.” Elizabethton, where the self-governing Watauga Association formed, honors his wife. . . . — — Map (db m201317) HM
Industry and commerce were growing, even though most Tennesseans lived outside the cities and the state's economy was centered on agriculture. The clearest measure of this growth was the tremendously successful
Centennial Exposition. It featured a . . . — — Map (db m216116) HM
