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Robert Lewis Jr. became a business leader in Memphis, and was noted for his efforts at establishing T. O. Fuller State Park. Other noted achievements include advocating for the hiring of the first African-American firefighters in Memphis in 1955, being the first African-American appointed to the city's Alcohol Beverage Commission, and ...
Winchester: 17: Peter Simmons House: August 16, 1977 : 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Winchester on U.S. Route 64: Winchester: 18: Tims Ford Hydroelectric Project: Tims Ford Hydroelectric Project: August 11, 2017
Cowan is drained by Boiling Fork Creek, a tributary of the Elk River. US 41A (Cumberland Street) is the primary road in Cowan, connecting the city with Winchester and the Tims Ford Lake area to the west. To the east of Cowan, US 41A ascends nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) to the top of the Cumberland Plateau, where it passes through Sewanee and ...
Ricky Wilkins, 58, Memphis lawyer and activist, was laid to rest Saturday after a service at First Baptist Church on Broad Avenue
Winchester was created as the seat of justice for Franklin County by act of the Tennessee Legislature on November 22, 1809, and was laid out the following year. [1] The town is named for James Winchester, a soldier in the American Revolution, first Speaker of the Tennessee Legislature, and a brigadier general in the War of 1812, though he never lived in Winchester. [9]
The Robert M. Carrier House, also known as the Matthews House, is a historic house in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was built in 1926 for Robert M. Carrier and his wife. [ 2 ] In 1974, it was purchased by William S. Matthews, Jr. [ 2 ] It was designed in the Jacobean Revival architectural style by Bryant Fleming , a Professor of ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877) was a 19th-century American slave trader active in the lower Mississippi River valley, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and the first Grand Wizard of the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan, serving from 1867 to 1869.
[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Albert Ayer House: Albert Ayer House: July 5, 1989 (8 Brooks St. 2: Thomas Ayer House