Things To Do in Arthur, Tennessee

Inscription. "If you come through this misery alive. I want you to do something for all those mountain people who have been shut out of the world all these years." These words of President Abraham Lincoln to General O. O. Howard in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Cumberland Gap became the principal passage between the eastern and western theaters of operation in the Upper South during the war. Whichever side held the high ground here held the Gap. In 1861, Confederate Gen. Felix ... More on HMDB

(42-13-a) across Gap Creek on a walking trail (old RR right of way) in Cumberland Gap , Claiborne County, TN. At the SW corner of Colwyn & Lynn Avs. ... More on dalejtravis.com

Inscription. Side A: Designated by the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists as a Distinguished Geological Site. Middlesboro is one of only a few cities on the North American Continent located in the basin of a meteorite impact ... More on HMDB

Inscription. "Cumberland Gap is the strongest position I have ever seen except Gibraltar." These were Union General George W. Morgan's words after viewing the fortification around the Gap. On June 19, 1862, he wrote to Secretary of ... More on HMDB

Inscription. English colony founded in 1886 by Alexander Arthur. Project financed by English company, the American Association, because of timber and rich mineral deposits here. Almost 100,000 mountainous acres in Va. Tenn. and Ky. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Alexander Arthur, 1846-1912, an outstanding figure in history of Middlesboro. He came here in 1885 to prospect, discovering coal and iron ore deposits. President of American Association, formed to carry out his plans ... More on HMDB

Category: Amusement Places Will's is a premier supplier of amusement in Kentucky. Visit us at our location in Middlesboro ... More on localamusementparks.com

Inscription. A natural thoroughfare through the Appalachian Mountain barrier, Cumberland Gap assumed great strategic importance in the Civil War. Both sides sought to control the Gap. It changed hands three times, but no battles were ... More on HMDB