Athens Big Spring Memorial Park

Dedicated to the early settlers, men and women who served in the armed forces and kept our country free. August 12, 1989.

Marker can be reached from Beaty Street North east of Market Street/Buck Island Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Big Spring

The site of Greeneville was a

juncture of two Indian trails, and

the presence of the Big Spring

furnished a stopping off place for

the weary Indian traveler. The

Scotch-Irish pioneers made the

spring the reason for the founding

of Greeneville in 1783. As early as ...

The Big Spring

Our Anchor in Time

“For generations this great spring was the main source of water supply for the town. Before the white man settled around it the Indians and the buffaloes knew it well. It was at the crossing of two ...

The Big Spring

Our Anchor in Time

“For generations this great spring was the main source of water supply for the town. Before the white man settled around it the Indians and the buffaloes knew it well. It was at the crossing of two ...

Sam Bass and the Big Springs Robbery

The first and greatest robbery of a Union Pacific train took place near here on the night of September 18, 1877. The legendary Sam Bass and five companions, after capturing John Barnhart, station-master, and destroying the telegraph, forced Union Pacific ...