1813: Colonel John Coffee and 800 Tennessee Volunteers see Bear Meat Cabin Cherokee Settlement near Blountsville

1816: Town settles around square

1820: Newly named Blountsville becomes county seat

1827: Town incorporated with Trustee System

1833: First courthouse built

1853: Town incorporated with new system; immediately un-incorporated

1863: Forrest-Streight Civil War Raid

1864: Rousseau Civil War Raid

1865-71: Reconstruction unrest

1880: Croquet dominates Court Square activities

1888: New courthouse built by Otto Puls

1889: Controversial removal of county seat

1889: Town incorporates with Mayor – Alderman System

1890: Blount College opens in courthouse building

1895: Blount College structure burns down

1899: Court Square Park and Promenade established

1905: Bains Store built on Courthouse/Parkssite

1917: Large ceremony honors WW I draftee

1919: Armistice Day bonfire starts countywide parade

1947: Business block burns

1950: Saturday merchant-sponsored airplane ping-pong ball drop begins

1956: Harvest Festival begins

1966: Large dedication ceremony for Avenue of Flags

1966: First Town Hall built

2010: Court Square Sidewalk Park and Promenade re-established

Marker is on Lee Street (County Road 26), on the right when traveling west.

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