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Stagecoach Travel
An early American method of public transportation prior to...
James Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr.
Captain, USAF
(side 1)
Born July 13, 1920 in S...
Federal-Georgia Road
During 1805–08, the U.S. Government and State of Tennessee...
Melchior Thoni, Jr
1849 - 1926
One of the original Swiss settlers of Gr...
Lone Rock Coke Ovens
The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in 1883 built 120 coke...
Early Industry
On Short Mountain, 7.1 mi., Henry Hoover & John Beeson est...
Lucy Virginia Smith French
Poet and author, born 1825 in Accomac County, Va. Moved to...
W. S. "Dad" Lively
1855 - 1944
In 1875, W. S. “Dad” Lively, a McMinnvil...
B'nai Israel Synagogue (Conservative)
B'nai Israel was the sixth Jewish congregation to be found...
Kay County War Memorial
"...that from these honored dead we take increased ...
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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 ...
James Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr.
Captain, USAF
(side 1)
Born July 13, 1920 in South Pittsburg, James “Jim” Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr. was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1940. Interested in aviation since childhood, he graduated in the first class of ...
Federal-Georgia Road
During 1805–08, the U.S. Government and State of Tennessee constructed the Federal–Georgia Road in order to connect Tennessee to the Atlantic seaboard. The road proceeded north from Augusta to Spring Place, Georgia, where it divided. Federal Road proceeded northeast to ...
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 ...
Early Industry
On Short Mountain, 7.1 mi., Henry Hoover & John Beeson established a millstone and grindstone factory in 1806. An inscription on a bluff of the mountain, and discarded fragments of stone mark the spot.
Marker is at the intersection of West ...
Lucy Virginia Smith French
Poet and author, born 1825 in Accomac County, Va. Moved to Memphis ca. 1845, where she taught school and published poetry under the pseudonym “L’Inconnue”. Editor of several Southern literary magazines; married John French in 1853; moved to his McMinnville ...
W. S. "Dad" Lively
1855 - 1944
In 1875, W. S. “Dad” Lively, a McMinnville native, began his photographic career. His studio was located on the 2nd floor in the Lively Building on Main Street. In 1904, on this spot, Lively opened the Southern School ...
B'nai Israel Synagogue (Conservative)
B'nai Israel was the sixth Jewish congregation to be founded in Florida. Chartered in 1899, B'nai Israel met in the vestry room of Temple Beth El, then moved to the Odd Fellows Hall, which was a secret meeting place for ...
Kay County War Memorial
"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, ...