{"id":1383,"date":"2020-09-24T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T19:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2020-09-26T07:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T12:22:45","slug":"dresden-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"DRESDEN, TENNESSEE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>County Seat of Weakley County, Tennessee<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home of the Tennessee Iris Festival<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Courthouse2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1386\" width=\"609\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Courthouse2.jpg 788w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Courthouse2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Courthouse2-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scroll9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little Courthouse History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dresden is the County Seat for Weakley County. It is named after Dresden, Germany, birthplace of Mears Warner\u2019s Father. Mears was the Commissiner who came to layout the town. In April, 1825, a public sale of lots took place. There were 90 lots with a central block for the Courthouse.&nbsp;In 1948, the old courthouse burnt down and a new one was erected in 1949, and still stands today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PHOTO <em>collection in and around Dresden<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>78 page BOOK online &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-online-book\/\">\u201cJourney into Yesterday\u201d Dresden, Tennessee Sequicentennial 1825-1975<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/185th-anniverary-weakley-county\/\">185th ANNIVERSARY of Weakley County<\/a><\/strong> &amp; 60th of currant Courthouse<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/4th-of-july-speech-1825\/\"><strong>HUGES historical Speech 4th of July, 1825<\/strong>,<\/a> Dresden, Tennessee<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/alexander-and-brasfield-drugstore\/\">Alexander &amp; Brasfield <strong>DRUGSTORE <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; photo<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-train-station\/\">Around the <strong>Old TRAIN STATION<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; photos of old buildings 1970<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/postcards-dresden\/\">POSTCARDS <\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Dresden 1930-1940<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-water-plant\/\">The Thomas I. Little <strong>WATER PLANT<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-cousins\/\">1914 &#8211; Visiting Weakley County Cousins<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; WOOD, ATKINS, ALLMAN and HOOPER<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/the-old-courthouse\/\"><strong>Weakley County COURTHOUSE<\/strong>,<\/a> Old courthouse photos<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-old-courthouse\/\">Old Dresden COURTHOUSE<\/a><\/strong> -Dresden gets a new Pumper Fire Truck <\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/buggy-on-dresden-court-square\/\">DRESDEN Early 1900\u2019s <\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Buggy in front of the Courthouse photo<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scroll9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">Dresden Iris Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AboutTownIris-1024x1009.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1491\" width=\"356\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AboutTownIris-1024x1009.png 1024w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AboutTownIris-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AboutTownIris-768x757.png 768w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AboutTownIris-1536x1513.png 1536w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AboutTownIris-1320x1301.png 1320w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AboutTownIris.png 1636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Iris &#8220;About Town&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually held the first week in May, many family events, Parade, Carnival Rides, Food, and the Iris Flower Show. Click on one below to take an armchair tour of photos from previous Iris Festivals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-iris-festival-2002\/\">Iris FESTIVAL -Iris Flower Show 2002<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-iris-festival-2003\/\">Iris FESTIVAL &#8211; Iris Flower Show 2003<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-iris-festival-2004\/\"><strong>Iris FESTIVAL &#8211; Iris Flower Show and Parade<\/strong> <strong>2004<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scroll9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/towns_places\/\">BACK to TOWNS\/PLACES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Web Design &amp; Graphics by MaryCarol<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County Seat of Weakley County, Tennessee Home of the Tennessee Iris Festival A little Courthouse History Dresden is the County Seat for Weakley County. It is named after Dresden, Germany, birthplace of Mears Warner\u2019s Father. Mears was the Commissiner who came to layout the town. In April, 1825, a public sale of lots took place. <a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/dresden-tennessee\/\" class=\"read-more inline\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-gutenberg.php","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"full","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"MaryCarol","author_link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/author\/marycarol\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/category\/uncategorized\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 24, 2020","modified":"Updated on September 26, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 24, 2020 2:10 pm","modified":"Updated on September 26, 2020 7:22 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1685,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}