Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution

In 1889, during the Centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, a group of Revolutionary War soldiers' descendants gathered in New York to form a society to promote awareness of the Revolutionary War ...

Todd's Chapel United Methodist Church

The origin of this congregation can be traced to the

days of the American Revolution, when Methodist

pioneers such as Francis Asbury and Freeborn Garrettson

traveled throughout this area organizing groups or

“societies” for worship. Many of the early ...

Newkirk Kay County Fair

The Newkirk Kay County Fair was organized in 1896. Five dollar shares were sold in order to purchase property for the facilities, build a race track, grand stands and sheds. The share also gave free admittance to all shows and ...

Oklahoma State Centennial 1907 - 2007

A centennial tribute to the people who shared this land at the turn-of-the-century, and who still call it home today. They faced opportunties and obstacles together and were woven together in time. The spirit that fueled the dream then, and ...

Cherokee Allotments

Newkirk owes its existence not simply to the opening of the Cherokee Outlet to homesteaders, but to the twenty-one allotments taken by the Cherokees in Kay County prior to the opening. The Outlet comprised eight million acres of prairie which ...

Stagecoach Travel

An early American method of public transportation prior to the railroad was the stagecoach. This sign commemorates the various routes that served Shawano and other localities. The most notable route was from Shawano to Green Bay with an overnight stop ...

Melchior Thoni, Jr

1849 - 1926

One of the original Swiss settlers of Gruetli in 1869, Melchior Thoni become one of the most famous woodcarvers of Tennessee, executing carvings in the old Governor’s Mansion and the altar of Christ Church in Nashville. About 1880, ...

Lone Rock Coke Ovens

The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in 1883 built 120 coke ovens 6 miles east to help supply its growing iron works. The company contracted with the state, and convicts worked the ovens until 1896. On August 13, 1892, Tracy ...

"Mister Jim" Cummings

Born in Cannon County in 1890, James Harvey Cummings, known as “Mr. Jim”, was a farmer, attorney, politician, and statesman. Having served in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1928 to 1972, except for 1949 – 1953 when he was Secretary ...

Cannon County/Warren County

Cannon County

Established 1836; named in honor of Newton Cannon Governor of Tennessee, 1835–39; Member of Congress, 1814–17 and 1821–27; Served in Creek War and War of 1812.

Warren County

Established 1807; names in honor of General Joseph Warren of Massachusetts; Revolutionary War ...