Famous Mountains

 

 

  

 

 

 

Wallen’s (Waldren;s) Ridge

 

Beginning near Chattanooga, running north-eastern direction, was visited by Wallen and a company of Long Hunters before any white settlements in Tennessee.

 

 

Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga

 

Named because of the first Mission School for Indians, established on eastern slope in 1819.

Missionary Ridge was part of the stragetic ground occupied by armies in Civil War, 1860-1864.

 

Bragg’s Tower, an outlook, is still maintained on the crest of the Ridge.

 

 

Lookout Mountain

 

An outlook place used by Chickamauga Indians watching approach of Donelson party and the boats of pioneers on their way to Cumberland settlements.

In the Civil War of 1860 the Battle above the Clouds was fought on Lookout Mountain.

Monuments, commemorating the events of the battle, have been erected.  The outstanding one being the New York Monument.

 

 

Tennessee Records – Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts - 1933

 

 

 

 

 

 

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