Things To Do in Sale Creek, Tennessee

Inscription. So named because of an auction, near here, in 1779, of supplies furnished the Cherokees by British agents to stimulate their warfare against the settlers. The supplies were captured by frontiersmen under command of Col. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Rhea County: Established 1807; named in honor of John Rhea: Revolutionary veteran, who fought at King's Mountain. Delegate to the North Carolina Convention which ratified the U. S. Constitution; member of the Tennessee ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On this site was founded Graysville Academy by a group of Seventh-day Adventists who were organized as a church on Sept. 8, 1888. Recognizing the need for training young people in order that the work of the church in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Marker front) : William Jennings Bryan, 1860 1925, Presidential Nominee, Secretary of State, Congressman, Christian Statesman, Author and Orator, (On the statue's proper left) : "Destiny is not a matter of chance; it ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925, John Thomas Scopes, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Named for pioneer settler William Smith, a New England teacher and merchant, who settled here in 1820, it was the junction of the Kiuka War Trace (later Black Fox Trail) to the Cumberland and the main north-south Indian ... More on HMDB