Crawford W. Long

Discoverer of anaesthesia and first to use in surgery March 30, 1842

Born in Danielsville, Georgia

November 1, 1815

Died June 16, 1878

Marker is at the intersection of General Daniels Avenue (U.S. 29) and Madison Street, in the median on General Daniels Avenue. ...

An Early Mountain Community

In the early 1900s family farms covered the valley. Self-sufficiency was the rule in those days, but most people made use of the mill, the country store, and the blacksmith shop. The buildings assembled here represent part of a typical ...

Highland Lawn Cemetery

1884

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places November 29, 1990, by the United States Department of the Interior in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Naatural Resources Division of historic Preservation.

Marker is on East Wabash Avenue east of Blakely ...

The Battles for Chattanooga

1863

A series of battles in 1863

secured Chattanooga

for the Union

The city of Chattanooga with its railroads and riverboats was a vital transportation center during the Civil War. Both armies recognized its importance. In the late summer and fall of 1863, several ...

On This Corner ...

Imagine standing on this corner between the late 1800s and late 1960s. What would you see?

You would be surrounded by rowhouses, apartment buildings, small businesses, and streetcars rattling down G Street toward Union Station. The homes were occupied by a ...

Crockett’s Tennessee Westward Movement

In his nearly half century of life, David Crockett literally migrated from east to west Tennessee. From his birthplace near Limestone, to his last home in Rutherford (Gibson County), the Crockett story weaves its way across the Volunteer state for ...

The Real Likeness of David Crockett

Even his contemporaries, close friends and relatives outside the artist’s circle, were not always consistent in describing the famous frontiersman. However, almost all agree that he carried an impressive frame, stood erect, and was quite muscular. We also know that ...

Commander Barry Carle

In Memoriam

Commander

Barry Carle

U.S. Navy

1933-1974

Died while in the service of his country

Deputy District Civil Engineer for the Commandant of the First Naval District

Responsible for the concept and the initial development of the plans for the Charlestown Naval Yard

Boston

National ...

Site of British Encampment

August 13,1777

Col. Baum's forces camped here

Marker is on U.S. 22 0.2 miles from North Old State Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Home Where Lt .Colonel Baum Died

A few feet east of this marker stood the house, removed about 1870, in which Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum died. Commander of the enemy forces, he was mortally wounded in the battle of Bennington and died two days later, August ...