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AIRPORTS of MARION COUNTY
 Marion County Airport 300 Airport Rd Jasper, Tennessee 37347 - (423) 942-5234 |
3,500 foot runway Runway lights Unicom radio communications
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| Private Arifield |  |
SIGNS of MARION COUNTY
Powells Crossroads City Limit
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Welcome New Hope Sign  |
Big Tennessee/Alabama Sign (courtesy of R Hagg 4/03)
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CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS of MARION COUNTY
| Pine Hill Sportsmans Club |  |
SIGHTS in MARION COUNTY
| Flowers Beside Pond |  |
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Shelby
Rhinehart Bridge One of the Tennessee's longest free span bridges |
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Nickajack Dam  |
Built by TVA 1964-68 Length 3700 feet Height 83 feet Provides a 46 mile lake Power capacity of 97,200 KW |
| Perky Chicken Farm |  |
"Swimmin’
Hole"  |
Picture of Camp Glancy Belongs to Cumberland Presbyterian Church Still used during the summers |
| Shooting Mailbox |  |
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Virgin of the Poor Shrine c/o Our Lady of Lourdes Church P.O. Box 288 South Pittsburgh, TN. 37380 |
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BOAT DOCKS & RAMPS in MARION COUNTY
| Boat Launch |  |
EDUCATION in MARION COUNTY
| Chattanooga State Technical State College |  |
HOSPITALS in MARION COUNTY
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Columbia Whitwell Medical
Center 101 N Maple St Whitwell, TN 37397 |
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GOLF in MARION COUNTY
| Sequatchie Valley Golf &
Country Club 2040 Sweeten Cove Rd South Pittsburg, TN 37380-6417 423-837-6532 |
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HIGHWAYS in MARION COUNTY
| U S Highways | State Highways |
| I-24, 41, 41A, 64, 72 | 2, 27, 28, 56, 108, 134, 150, 156, 283 |
HISTORY of MARION COUNTY
Chronology of Marion County
land areaIndian territory , pre 1777 |
| Indian Village, Chiaha located on a
Tennessee River island near South Pittsburg County created from Bledsoe and White Counties and Indian lands Formed by a legislative act of November 20, 1817 Boundary lines extended south only to the Tennessee River Boundaries extended to state line, 1819 The first county seat located in East Liberty (near Cheekville or Whitwell) First court held in home of John Shropshire County seat moved to Jasper 1820 |
| Marion County
Courthouse (courtesy of R Hagg 4/03) |
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Ketner’s Mill Ketner’s Mill is located between state highways 27 and 28 near Whitwell, Tenn. From Chattanooga, take scenic Highway 27 over Suck Creek Mountain to Powell’s Crossroads, then follow the signs to the mill. For an alternate route, head west on I-24 to Exit 155. Travel north on State Highway 28 for 8.4 miles, then turn right at the Ketner’s Mill sign. |
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Located on the banks of the Big
Sequatchie River Parts of the mill date back to 1824 Alexander "Pappy" Ketner bought mill 1868 Ketner added main brick portion of mill 1882 Oldest water powered turbine installed 1824 Turbine driven by gears with persimmon wood gear cogs A water powered sawmill operated from 1890 to 1955 Sawmill rebuilt 1988 Four generations of Ketners worked mill until 1992 First country fair held at mill in fall of 1882 Purpose of first fair was to celebrate completion of new addition to mill |
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| Old Railroad Depot |  |
This building is being meticulously restored and converted to a home |
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Orme In the 1930s, Orme was a coal-mining community with a population of thousands, a jail, three schools, and a hotel. After a coal strike in the 1940s, the local coal mine closed, and the town lost most of its population and other business activity. |
Incorporated in 1903 Lost charter twice Incorporated a second time in 1935 |
| Sweeden's Cove Community (information supplied by library) |
Located at the convergence of Battle
Creek and Sweeden's Creek 1929 post office discontinued and moved to nearby South Pittsburgh Sometimes known as Ketchall |
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Rexton |
Coal mine town that was incorporated on October 31, 1910, abandoned in 1912. |
PEOPLE of MARION COUNTY
| Thomas H
Richie (information courtesy of C Parton) |
Postmaster of Stanley Died June 28, 1918 Buried at Richie Cemetery south of Stanley Baptist Church on Mullens Cove Rd Click here to read excerpts of letters he sent to his love Mary L Holoway |
FIRST WHITE SETTLERS in AREA
| Amos Griffith Isaac Standifer |
William Standifer Came from Virginia |
| Louisa Anderson | First white child born September 8, 1806 |
| William Standifer Griffith | First male white child born 1807 |
| Orme Campbell | Town of Orme named after |
| Brigadier General Francis Marion(1751-1836) | Marion County named after From South Carolina Began military career against Cherokee Indians, 1759 Fought in Revolutionary War Was called "Swamp Fox for his use of "hit and run" tactics during Revolutionary War Spent 25 years in military service Later years spent in elective office |
HOMES in MARION COUNTY
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CHURCHES in MARION COUNTY
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| Antioch Missionary Baptist Church | Battle Creek Baptist Church |
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