Longstreet's Headquarters
1E 66LONGSTREET'SHEADQUARTERS"Bleak House," the home of RobertHouston Armstrong, was used asthe headquarters of Lt. Gen. JamesLongstreet and Maj. Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., during the...
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- bleak house
- knoxville
- tennessee
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- 1863
- mclaws
Battery Wiltsie
1E 83BATTERY WILTSIEA large Federal earthwork was located backof Vine Avenue between Gay and Walnut Streetswhen General James Longstreet besiegedKnoxville, Nov. 17- Dec. 4, 1863....
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- 1863
- knoxville
- tennessee
- longstreet
- fort sanders
- fort hill
First Presbyterian Church
1E 38FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHFounded in 1792, with James White,John Adair and George McNuttfounding elders. White, who gavethe ground for the Church, isburied here, as are Samuel Carrick,first...
- presbyterian
- church
- samuel carrick
- william blount
- james white
- knoxville
- tennessee
- john adair
- george mcnutt
- blount college
- university o...
John Sevier Farmstead
1E 80JOHN SEVIER FARMSTEADMarble Springs was the farmsteadof John Sevier, Tennessee's firstgovernor (1796-1801 and 1803-1809).While Sevier used the farm as aretreat where he entertained...
- john sevier
- tennessee
- governor
- knoxville
- marble springs
James Rufus Agee
1E 101JAMES RUFUS AGEEBorn in Knoxville November 27, 1909,Agee was well-known and respectedin the fields of journalism, poetry,fiction, non-fiction and film. Hewon a Pulitzer Prize...
- james agee
- pulitzer prize
- author
- fort sanders
- knoxville
- tennessee
Spectacular Way Bandstand
SPECTACULAR WAY BANDSTAND DEDICATED BY FRIENDS IN MEMORY OF LOU ALEXANDER MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION 1955 - 1982 16 JUNE 1983 Submitted by Sheila Paske
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- california
- bay area
- barn
- fairground
- bandstand
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Submitted by Jenny Heard
- cle elum
- washington
- garden club
- blue star
Edward A. Brakenridge House
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 Edward A. Brakenridge House Ira A. Boynton, Designer & Builder (attributed), 1892 Arriving in Berkeley from Massachusetts, Edward Brakenridge bought...
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- bay area
- mental health care
- massachusetts
- carpenter esthetic
Rock Hill Time Capsule
TIME CAPSULE Placed here on the Centennial of The City of Rock Hill December 24, 1992 To be opened on the Bicentennial.
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- south carolina
- centennial
- time capsule
John Balshaw River Walk Bridge
CITY OF PETALUMA RIVERWALK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE DEDICATED DURING THE 1989 RIVER FESTIVAL IN RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TURNING BASIN TO THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF PETALUMA ...
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- first place
- turning basin
- light vehicular
Bowen's Inn/Higgins Grocery
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1985 BOWEN’S INN/HIGGINS GROCERY Circa 1854 This building, thought to be Berkeley’s oldest remaining structure, originally stood on the Contra Costa Road,...
Spenger's Fish Grotto
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 2001 SPENGER’S FISH GROTTO c. 1890 Clam chowder, baked beans and 10¢ beer—these and fish dinners drew crowds to fabled Spenger’s. It all began in the 1860s...
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Forts Dickerson and Stanley
1E 74FORTS DICKERSON AND STANLEYFort Dickerson to the west andFort Stanley to the east were thecenter two of four fortifiedheights held by the Federals southof the river during the...
- fort dickerson
- civil war
- 1863
- knoxville
- tennessee
- wheeler
- fort stanley
Fort Sanders
1E 69FORT SANDERSFort Sanders, a bastionedearthwork on the ridge twoblocks north of here, wasthe scene of Gen. JamesLongstreet's unsuccessfulassault upon the Federaldefenses of Knoxville atdawn,...
- fort sanders
- longstreet
- civil war
- 1863
- knoxville
- tennessee
Confederate Cemetary
1E 86CONFEDERATE CEMETERYDuring the Confederate War, 1861-1865,more than 1600 Confederate soldiersand about 50 Federal prisoners wereburied here. About 20 Confederateveterans have been buried...
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- cemetery
- civil war
- knoxville
- tennessee
- soldier
- prisoner
- veteran
Cavett's Station
1E 31CAVETT'S STATIONAbout 1/2 mile north was this earlyfortified settlement. Here on Sep-tember 25, 1793, Alexander Cavettand 12 other settlers were mas-sacred by a Cherokee war...
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- chief
- doublehead
- alexander cavett
- knoxville
- tennessee
- settler
- massacre
First African American Church
First African American Church. On this site stood Warner Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the first African American Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the site for the...
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- church
- knoxville
- underground railroad
- tennessee
- church
- school
Old Gray Cemetary
1E 102Old Gray CemeteryOld Gray Cemetery, incorporated in 1850, is the resting place of William G. Brownlow, Tennessee Governor and U.S. Senator, as well as two other U.S. Senators, eight U.S....
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- knoxville
- tennessee
General Clifton Bledsoe Cates
1 E 111GeneralClifton Bledsoe Cates 1893-1970United States Marine Corps Born in Cates Landing, Tennessee, on August 31, 1893, Clifton B. Cates attended school in Tiptonvile and the Missouri...
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- knoxville
- tennessee
- mexico
- missouri
- tiptonville
- university o...
Death of General William P. Sanders
1E 67DEATH OFGEN. WILLIAM P. SANDERSBrig. Gen. William P. Sanders, usingdismounted cavalry to hold off theConfederate advance from the west,was fatally wounded on this ridge,Nov. 18, 1863,...
- 1863
- civil war
- confederate
- william sanders
- general
- knoxville
- tennessee