• Start with a City beginning with A
    • This is BY STATE
    • Similar to the Tag contest, there will be one thread per state
    • Post a picture of your bike AND some sign, building etc which clearly shows the city/state you're in
    • The next person posts from a city with the name beginning with B, then C, D, etc
    • You can't posts back-to-back pics, you have to wait for a person to post the next city
    • Once Z is reached, the game starts over with A
    • If your state doesn't have a city beginning with the next letter in sequence, it's okay to skip that letter
    • If the location sits for more than one month, the person that posted that is open to move it to the next letter.

    The World Wide game is a bit different as it is by whatever is considered a geographic type of regional category, state/province/village etc. and all those will be in the single World Wide A-Z topic.

TN: A to Z (Round 7)

Glendale For A G -

Glendale For G.jpg

Some of the history -

Glendale, originally called then Hurricane, was a very substantial community at one time. It came into existence in 1866 in a major way when the Louisville & Nashville Railroad located a Rail Switch and small station at this point, calling the station, "Hurricane Switch." This tended to alter the name from Hurricane to Hurricane Switch for the community as a whole. Within a couple of years the Thomas family opened a general store and other business enterprises followed. In 1868 a Methodist church was organized and the first church building erected. Hurricane became quite famous for its religious fervor throughout the region as early as 1870 when an annual camp-meeting was begun. People from as far away as Nashville and Pulaski crowded into the tents and brush arbors, often numbering in the thousands. September was the month designated for this activity and it continued until at least 1883. Like most villages, Glendale/(Hurricane Switch) lost its attractions when highways were built, cars became numerous and the railroad downgraded its services.​
 
Indian Mound For I -

Indian Mound.jpg

A bit of history -

Early settlers to this area recognized a large Indian Mound. Later this mound would be excavated by a team of archaeologists during the late 1920's and early 1930's. Their findings determined that the Mound Builders, early native Americans, were in the area from about 1200- 1700 a.d. That data was verified by the Smithsonian Institute which now houses some of the articles found there.

Cross Creek Baptist Church is located in Indian Mound at 882 Red Top Road. It has been in existence since 1851 and incurred substantial damage in a tornado that occurred on December 9, 2023. Pleasant Grove Baptist Church is located in Indian Mound at 2904 Highway 79. It has been in existence since 1919.

First Merchant
1818-James Williams

Early Settlers by 1837
Mark McGregor
James Wilson
Hezekiah Rorie
Richard Bagwell
Williams families

Early Postmasters
John Frazier
Joshua Hamlet
Andrew Halliday
Jane Richards

First Mill
abt. 1820-Peter Kendall

Furnaces in the Area
Cross Creek
Blue Spring

Early Doctor
R.A. Stone-at least 1854

Union Soldiers
John Lahiffe
Washington Smith
Richard Eiley
Polk Walton

Confederate Soldiers
William Rorie
Rufus and George Lewis
Marion Tippit (died in Yankee prison camp)
John Mann
Asa Rorie​
 
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