Andre Michaux ~ 1746-1803In May 1795 and March 1796, Michaux stayed at the home of Col. John Tipton. During the visit, he made notes about the spring wildflowers he found bloo... [click for more]
AquoneAquone is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Bashor MillBashor Mill is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Brush Creek CampgroundOn September 2, 1811, James Nelson deeded to trustees William Nelson, William Duzan, James King, Jacob Hoss and John R. Boring, 4 acres and 8 poles to... [click for more]
Carter - Washington County Line Carter County
Established 1796 named in honor of
Landon Carter... [click for more]
Daniel Boone 0.2 miles along this road is the waterfall under which Bonne hid himself from raiding Indians; the falls were then about 4 feet high. 1.1 mile along ... [click for more]
Dr. Hezekiah B Hankal (1825-1903)Dr. Hezekiah B Hankal
1825-1903
Minister, Physician, Educator, Politician
Ordained by the Boon... [click for more]
Dungan’s Mill6.5 miles northwest, at the mouth of Brush Creek, is a mill built by Jeremiah Dungan in 1779, and continuously operated since then. East of it was a s... [click for more]
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina DepotConstructed in 1891 as a union depot for the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (nicknamed ?Tweetsie?) and the East Tennessee, Virginia ... [click for more]
Fiddlin? Charlie Bowman ~ 1889-1962Charlie Bowman, Hall of Fame fiddler, vaudeville performer, and writer of Nine Pound Hammer and East Tennessee Blues, toured with th... [click for more]
First Court of Washington CountyOn Feb. 23, 1778, 0.6 mile NE at the house of Col. Charles Robertson, Trustee, on the east ?east (Catbird) branch of Sinking Creek? was held the First... [click for more]
History on Knob CreekAbout 0.3 miles east stood Twin Falls Grist Mill, belonging to Peter Range, an early immigrant from New Jersey. He bought this land in 1804-08 and bui... [click for more]
Isaac HammerThis poineer settler from Pennsylvania, a minister of the Church of the Brethren, built a two-story log house in 1793, which stands .2 miles northwest... [click for more]
Jesse Duncan Two and one quarter miles east, on a ridge north of the road, is the grave of this pioneer, who was killed and scalped by Indians in 1765. He was the... [click for more]
Johnson City Commercial Historic DistrictJohnson City Commercial Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Johnson City SessionsIn October 1926 Frank Walker of Columbia Records hosted recording auditions at 334 East Main Street. Charlie Bowman and his brothers, Clarence Greene,... [click for more]
Johnson City City Historical MarkerJohnson City ~ Incorporated - December 1, 1869
The town was formerly known as Green Meadows, Blue Plum, Johnson's Depot, Haynesville, then Joh... [click for more]
Knob Creek Historic DistrictKnob Creek Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Montrose Court ApartmentsMontrose Court Apartments is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Robin’s RoostWilliam T. Graham built this house in 1890. Robert Love Taylor bought it in 1892 and named it. He went from here to his third term as Governor. His br... [click for more]
Samuel Cole Williams (January 15, 1864 - December 14, 1947)Front:
Culminating his career as an attorney teacher, codifier of law, Judge of the State Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Cole Williams-- th... [click for more]
Science Hill ~ Male & Female InstituteTipton Jobe, on Feb. 14, 1867, gave land on this hill above Nobb Spring where members of Science Hill Literary Society then built the first brick buil... [click for more]
ShelbridgeShelbridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
State FlagIn 1905 the Legislature adopted as the state flag one which was designed by Colonel Le Roy Reeves, a native and resident of Johnson City. The three st... [click for more]
Tipton - Haynes CemeteryThis cemetery contains the remains of Revolutionary War soldier and legislator John Tipton (1730-1813) and his second wife, Martha Denton Moore. Also ... [click for more]
Tipton-Haynes State Historic SiteThe Tipton-Haynes site represents various periods of Tennessee history, from pre-colonial times to Reconstruction. An ancient buffalo trail ran near t... [click for more]
Tree Streets Historic Districtfront
James T. Young built the first house of record around 1780 and established a burial ground beside the log cabin. In 1812, he const... [click for more]
Warner Institute (1876-1913)Built by the Holston Association of Baptist Churches in 1854, this building housed the Holston Baptist Female Institute, Tadlock's School for Boys (ca... [click for more]
Washington - Carter County LineCarter County
Established 1796; named in honor of
Landon Carter.
... [click for more]
William Beans CabinAbout 1½ miles to the east on a knoll beside Boone's Creek, a monument marks the spot near where William Bean, first permanent white settler in Tennes... [click for more]
