The River of May

Fort Caroline National Monument

"[H]aving landed [on the River of May's shore]... we saw the chief of that country, ... he ... showed such enthusiasm that he almost lost his composure. He came up to us... repeating ...'friend, friend.'"

Captain René de ...

Grand Ave - Frank Reed School

1928 - 1952

Grand Ave. School was founded in 1928 as a grammar school, grades one through eight, for the African American children of Nogales.

In 1943 the school's name was changed to Frank A. Reed in honor of a former ...

Thomas Jefferson Monument

Proclaim Liberty throughtout the land unto the inhabitants thereof —Leviticus XXIV.

This monument to Thomas Jefferson was presented to the people to perpetuate the teachings and examples of the Founders of the Republic.

Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Religious ...

Florida Hammock Trail

This trail leads through hammock land. The word hammock was an Indian term. This is the way the land looked when it was the free domain of the Indians, the home of wildlife and birds.

The land had to be cleared ...

Forks of Little Pigeon Church

100 yds, N. E. this Baptist Church, established 1789, was reportedly the first of any denomination in Sevier County. Spencer Clack, Revolutionary veteran was first church clerk; Richard Wood; first pastor until his death in 1831. The Church moved to ...

Destruction of Dunlawton Plantation

In January 1836, during the second Indian War, the Indians burned Dunlawton Plantation. Only the brick walls, the chimneys and the heavy iron machinery were left. The Plantation was not rebuilt until the 1840's.

The war cost the United States ...

Chester Station Fight

At this station, two miles west, the Union army of the James, turning toward Richmond, fought an action on May 10, 1864 and tore up the railroad.

Marker is on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles south of West Hundred ...

Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept. 1776, passed near-by along Hominy Creek.

Marker is on Asheville Highway (U.S. 19/23).

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Lieutenants Ross Frazier and Paul Hughes Memorial

These trees are a living memorial

to members who made the supreme

sacrifice for American Ideals.

Lt Ross Frazier

Lt Paul Hughes

Planted April 23 1939

Dedicated May 30 1947

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 22), on the left when traveling east.

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Feliciana

Site of a settlement established in 1830s. By 1838 it was most important trading point in the county. After a State Road was built through Feliciana in 1845, it became one of the greatest commercial centers in western Ky. This ...