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Glen Alice Community

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(from the archived RCHC Web site) From: The Chattanooga Daily Times, Saturday, 5 Nov 1881. Glen Alice is 65 miles from Chattanooga, on the Cincinnati Southern Railway.  We have a station, a depot agent, but no depot, a postoffice by … Continue reading →

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In the Town of Cardiff, April, 1890

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(from the archived RCHC Web site) From: The Chattanooga Daily Times, Thursday, 7 Apr 1890. Commercial Club Officers–First Baby Boy–Building Boom. Cardiff, Tenn., Aug. 5.–The Cardiff Commercial club has elected officers as follows: H. M. Lord, president; M. M. Duncan, … Continue reading →

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In the Town of Cardiff, July, 1890

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(from the archived RCHC Web site) From: The Chattanooga Daily Times, Friday, 18 Jul 1890. Force of Men At Work on the New Furnace. Plant of the Best Pattern–Sites for Homes–Freedom From Accidents–Religious–Summer’s Backbone Broken–Old Homesteads. Cardiff, Tenn., July 17.–[Special.]–A … Continue reading →

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The Great Cardiff Land Sale

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(from the archived RCHC Web site) The Cardiff Sale From: The Chattanooga Daily Times, 23 Apr 1890. Greatest Auction Sale of Lots on Record. Property Sold at Figures That Indicates the Growing Prosperity of the Chattanooga District. Over $400,000 of … Continue reading →

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Cardiff Community Overview

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(from the archived RCHC Web site) In the Beginning….. After the civil war most of the south lay in ruin.  This was a good opportunity for northern industrialists to come in and put the south back to work.  With the … Continue reading →

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James Fletcher Tarwater, Industrialist

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(from the archived RCHC Web Site) Note: minor edits were made to correct grammar errors. James Fletcher Tarwater was born in Dandridge, Tennessee, November 4, 1847, the son of Rev. William Tarwater, a Baptist Minister.  In 1863, he enlisted in … Continue reading →

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Sewell Howard, Industrialist

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(from the archived RCHC Web Site) Sewell Howard was born November 23, 1856, in Morgan County Tennessee, the son of Nathan and Christine Cook Howard.  He attended the public schools of Morgan County before moving to Rockwood with his parents … Continue reading →

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Old Oliver Springs School and L&N Depot Photo

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Old Oliver Springs School and L&N Depot (from the Roots of Roane archived Web site)

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