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tennessee highways and byways: Friday's Photos... - 10/15/10 06:24 AM
Friday's Photos...Tennessee has really been blessed with an abundance of natural beauty. Babbling brooks, the soothing sounds of rustling streams and verdant countrysides are plentiful in Tennessee's back yard. Is there better way to "chill" and get in your "right mind", than going to your favorite "quite spot" and letting your mind go blank? The coolness of the morning air + the rich colors of the season = A-H-H-H-H...
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tennessee highways and byways: Leipers Fork, TN - Y'all Come an' Set a Spell... - 05/24/09 07:36 AM
Located just a short drive from Franklin, TN and nestled in the south west corner of Williamson County, lies the village of Liepers Fork. The area was originally settled in the late 1700's by folks from North Carolina and Virginia who had received land grants as payment for their service in the Revolutionary War. Originally, the village was called Bentontown named after the Benton's who purchased the land from the original owner. After a brawl and gunfight in a Nashville Hotel with General Andrew Jackson in which Jackson was seriously injured, Thomas Hart Benton and his family moved to Missouri. Benton … (9 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Historic Downtown Franklin, TN - Carnton Plantation House - 04/12/08 08:33 PM
About a mile East from the square in Historic Down Town going out Lewisburg pike, sets Carnton Plantation. The original plantation was built circa 1815 Carnton was built by former Nashville mayor Randal McGavock the 11th mayor of Nashville. All that remains of the original hose is the foundation. The current house was built in 1826. As Nashville was one of the leading political centers for this developing nation, many important figures visited Carton plantation a wealthy plantation on the outskirts of Franklin, TN. Guests to the plantation included American Presidents James K. Polk and Andrew Jackson. Carton was an important … (8 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Historic Downtown Franklin, TN - 04/06/08 03:52 AM
On October 26, 1799, The City of Franklin, TN was founded. Dr. Hugh Williamson, a member of the Continental Congress for whom Williamson County was named, named the city after his close friend Benjamin Franklin. For almost all of its existence, Franklin has been a small quiet town and the county seat of Williamson County, TN. Prior to the Civil War, Williamson County was one of the wealthiest counties in Tennessee and Franklin was the center of plantation economy.
However, after the Second Battle of Franklin, fought on 30 November, 1864, between the Carnton House Plantation and the Carter House … (8 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: The Carter House - Historic Franklin, TN - 04/03/08 06:19 AM
The Carter house located at 1140 Columbia Ave is about .4 miles South East of 5 points where Andrew Jackson attended the Indian Removal Council and Hincheyville, Historic Franklin, TN’s first subdivision. This modest brick house was build circa 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter. The surrounding farm and countryside was the center of one of the most terrifying and bloodiest battles during the Civil War or any American war, a battle in which nearly the entire Army of Tennessee was destroyed.
The second battle of Franklin, November 30 1864, lasted about 5 hours resulting in the Federal army withdrawing … (5 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Indian Removal Council - Williamson County Archives Park - 04/02/08 06:04 AM
Located on the Southeast side of 5 points in historical downtown Franklin, TN and about 100 yards north of Franklin’s first subdivision Hincheyville, is the Williamson County Archives and Museum. It is on this site on 20 August, 1830 when Andrew Jackson met with the chiefs of the Chickasaw Nation to sign the Chickasaw Treaty. In the spring of that year, Congress had passed the Indian Removal Act providing the President with the means to exchange the lands of the five civilized Indian Nations of the Southeast for lands west of the Mississippi River. The Chickasaw Treaty signed in Franklin, TN … (2 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Historic Franklin, TN - Hincheyville - 04/01/08 05:46 AM
Just south of 5 points in historic downtown Franklin, TN sets Franklin’s first subdivision Hincheyville. The subdivision was developed in early 1819 by Felix Grundy, James Irwin, and James Trimble. The ninety acres, extending from Fair Street to Eleventh Avenue had 26 lots on Fair Street, 25 lots on Main Street and 8 lots on Bridge Street. The subdivision was named for Hinchea Petway who was a wealthy merchant who owned the land. His house, which had to be razed to build the subdivision, was located approximately in the middle of 8th Ave between Fair Street and West Main. The Hincheyville … (5 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Historical Court House - Franklin, TN - 03/31/08 05:55 AM
This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property of Michael Thornton of Complete Home Inspections, Inc. providing home inspections for Brentwood, Nashville, Davidson and Williamson Counties of Middle Tennessee. The views and opinions expressed are just that - views and opinions of Michael Thornton and those who comment. This post is a contribution to the ActiveRain Real Estate Network.
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tennessee highways and byways: Photo of the Day . . . - 03/15/08 06:14 AM
It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words plus or minus a few. I am sure that this driver pulling this mobile home had a few choice words to say, and I would bet you a "milyun" that the words weren't, "Rut Ro!" or "I knew that I should have made that left at Albuquerque!" Well, at least we all know how much a house weighs. Maybe you can make up some of your own.
This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property of Michael Thornton of Complete Home Inspections, Inc. providing … (13 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Tennessee Volunteers - How the Nickname Originated . . . - 03/12/08 06:13 AM
Tennessee has long been known as the Volunteer State. Most Tennesseans probably do not know the origin of the nickname; I know I didn’t, so I did some research. Here is what I was able to dig up.
Famous politician, hunter, and Indian fighter, Davy Crockett led a 12 man group known as the “Tennessee Mounted Volunteers” during the battle of the Alamo. However; this name did not really stick until the Mexican war of the Mid-1840’s. Heeding the call, “Remember the Alamo”, Sam Huston led an army of Tennessee volunteers to fight for Texas independence. Tennessee gained the nickname … (9 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Battle of Nashville Park . . . - 03/04/08 09:29 AM
The Battle of Nashville Monument was commissioned by the Ladies Battlefield Association. It was dedicated on its original site on Franklin Road near Woodmont Blvd., on Armistice Day, 1927.
The Association envisioned a memorial to dedicated to the struggles of both the Confederate and Union forces who clashed on this very ground on December 15th and 16th 1864. The Monument has historical significance as it was the first in the Nation created to the fallen on both sides of the conflict. The Angel of Peace tops the obelisk and the bronze Statue of Unity adorns the middle.
The Monument’s original … (5 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Midway Plantation - Brentwood Country Club - 02/28/08 04:16 AM
Traveling south out of Brentwood, TN along one of Tennessee’s many highways and byways, stands a historical marker at the entrance to Brentwood Country Club Estates. The site was originally the site of Midway Plantation, appropriately named because it was located midway between Franklin, TN and Nashville, TN, was owned by Lysander McGavock and his wife, Elizabeth Crockett.
Brentwood and Williamson County is an area rich in history and tradition. The Midway Plantation played an important part in the Civil War being the command post for generals on both sides of the war. As the recruitment and mobilization of troops began … (7 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Battle of the Barrels - Nashville, TN - 02/27/08 03:45 PM
During the Civil War, many battles were fought in Nashville, TN. Driving up and down Granny White Pike and Franklin Road, one can see several historical markers along these highways and byways depicting where some of the battles had taken place. At the entrance to Princeton Hills subdivision in Brentwood, TN, is a scene depicting one of the Battles of Nashville. According to local folklore here is what happened.
After the defeat of Gen. John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Nashville, the Confederate troops scattered and retreated in a rout down Franklin Pike. Union forces were in … (5 comments)
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tennessee highways and byways: Johnson's Chapel - Brentwood, Tennessee - 02/27/08 09:20 AM
Late in the eighteenth century as settlers began pouring into the rich bottom lands of the Harpeth River Valley, many of the early pioneers brought a pioneering spirit to this area, along with a fervent belief in God - one of the cornerstones upon which our nation was built. The harsh winters, the arduous journey across the mountains from Virginia and North Carolina, and the attacks from hostile natives gave Williamson County’s earliest settlers plenty of reason to pray. By the early years of the nineteenth century the Methodist congregations of Middle Tennessee were being served by circuit riders who, following … (2 comments)
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