Prentice Cooper

1895-1969

Governor of Tennessee for three successive terms 1939-1945. A native of Bedford County and graduate of Webb School, Princeton and Harvard Law School, he was Attorney General of the 8th Judicial Circuit, a member of the 63rd and 70th General ...

Town of Thompson

Named for Judge William A. Thompson, first Judge of Sullivan County, appointed 1803.

Marker is on Heiden Road (County Route 161) 0.1 miles north of Thompsonville Road.

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Sandstone Sculptures

The sandstone base and capital are from a Corinthian column that once graced the east central portico of the United States Capitol. The columns were dismantled in 1958 to make way for the east front extension, where marble reproductions now ...

Pocahontas

Powhatan --- 1595 to 1617

Noted as the Angel of Mercy who saved

the starving colonists of Jamestown, Virginia

Sculptor: Kenneth F. Campbell

Donor: National Society of the Colonial Dames XVII Century

Marker is on Highway 62.

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Libby Prison

“Hope was all that sustained many.”

Near this site, from about 1845 until 1889, stood the building that housed Richmond’s famous Libby Prison. Originally built as a warehouse by wealthy Richmond businessman John Enders, Sr., a portion of the structure was ...

Monticello Depot

Was the Catskill Mtn. destination for sportsmen and vacationers from 1896 until the O&W Ry. ceased operation on March 29, 1957.

Marker is at the intersection of St. John Street (County Route 102) and Clinton Avenue, on the right when traveling ...

Campbell's Bayou

Site Of Landmark

Settled 1821 by privateer James Campbell (1791-1856), U. S. Navy veteran, War of 1812, who after discharge was lieutenant and close friend of buccaneer Jean Lafitte, operating out of Galveston (then called Campeche).

In Karankawa Indian rituals about ...

Historic Platte Valley

Through this valley passed the Oregon Trail, highway for early explorers, fur traders, California-bound gold seekers, freighters, and brave pioneers seeking new homes in the West. Traffic was especially heavy from 1843 to 1866. At times as many as 800 ...

Civil War Fortifications at Virginia Point

Virginia Point, the site of an important railroad bridge which provided the only connection between the Texas mainland and Galveston Island in the mid-19th century, played an integral role in the Confederate defense of Galveston during the Civil War.

A ...

St. Patrick's Parish

Erected about 1792

First church to be erected in the "Federal City" outside the limits of "George Towne." First pastor, Rev. Anthony Caffrey, brought from Dublin at suggestion of James Hoban, architect of the "Presidential Palace."

March 17, 1953.

Marker ...