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Brandy Aging Barn

THIS SITE WAS BUILT AROUND 1880 AS A BRANDY AGING BARN FOR THE CHARLES MARTIN WINERY LATER IT BECAME A SALOON WITH A SMALL GENERAL STORE NEXT DOOR ERECTED APRIL 24, 2004 BRANCIFORTE CHAPTER 1797 E...

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Fountain City United Methodist Church

Fountain CityUnited Methodist ChurchFounded in 1825In 1824, E.F. Sevier, grandson of Gov. John Sevier, came to this area as a Methodist circuit rider. By 1825, a plot of ground was secured...

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• church
• park
• campground
• methodist

Fountain Head Campground

Fountain Head Campground1833-1885In 1851 Fountain Head Methodist Episcopal Church South purchased the Fountain Head Campground, a 12 acre wooded grove with a large spring. The Daily Press...

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Odd Fellows Cemetery

ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY This Cemetery was established in 1880 by the Banner Lodge Chapter of the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order. This Cemetery was enlarged by the Daughters of Zion in 1881, the Good...

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• black
• african-american
• knoxville

St. Clair Cobb

ST. CLAIR COBB1895-1974 A World War I veteran born in Knox County, St. Clair Cobb founded the Knoxville Colored High School Band in 1923. He taught music at several elementary schools, Beardsley...

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• world war i
• music

War on the Home Front

War on the Home Front Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Cemetery -Knoxville Campaign- (preface)On November 4, 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from Chattanooga to...

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William Francis Yardley

Born in Knox County in 1844, he taught school and began the study of law in the late 1860s. In 1873, he was the first African American in Knoxville to be admitted to the State Bar; he served as...

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Site of Fort Adair

Site of Fort Adair Build in 1788 by John Adair Revolutionary Soldier Used as depot of supplies for the early settlers. Erected by Bonny Kate Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1924

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• fountain city
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He sailed away...

A seat dedicated to an old sailor at the end of a coastal walk

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Fountain City Schools

FOUNTAIN CITY SCHOOLS This thirteen-acre campus was the site of Holbrook-Tennessee Normal College from 1893 to 1904, and of Knoxville Central High School from 1906 to 1971. It was the site...

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Trans Canada Trail Inuvik

The Trans Canada Trail, the longest recreational trail in the world, was initiated in 1992 as a lasting legacy of Canada's 125th birthday celebration. The Trans Canada Trail Foundation is a...

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• inuvik

MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA

MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA   A Spanish mission founded by Fray Juníper Serra, O.F.M., first President of the California missions, this was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretch- ing...

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Beach Chalet Soccer Fields

Levittown Original House

Weber House: Circa 1947This Cape Cod style home was the 70th [last remaining in original condition] house built in 1947 by Levitt & Sons builders, in the community that has come to be known as Levittown. 

Air Mail Pioneers Checkerboard Field Maywood IL

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Farr Brothers

Submitted by Ben Becker

Summerwind Jewlers

Submitted by Ben Becker.

Obadiah Morse & Elizabeth Rawlins

Submitted by Ben Becker.

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Providence Baptist Church

This small rural church was organized in 1868 by John A. Fuller with about twelve members. Early worship services were held at the Methodist church building and in local schoolhouse. Joseph...

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Riding the Rails

Submitted by @robertdall

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• bowness