{"id":2820,"date":"2020-11-01T07:25:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2020-11-04T06:45:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:45:10","slug":"martin-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/martin-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"MARTIN, TENNESSEE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>The Town of Martin, Tennessee<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/train1878.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2823\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">TRAINS &#8211; That&#8217;s what made Martin grow!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"43\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scroll9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1732\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>Old Photos &amp; History<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panoramic VIEW of<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/martin-railroad-tracks\/\"> MARTIN RAILROAD TRACKS<\/a><\/strong> + some of downtown &#8211; outstanding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before there was UTM, there was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/hall-moody-institute\/\">HALL-MOODY INSTITUTE<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; a little Martin History early 1900&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/yellow-fever-epidemic\/\">The <strong>YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC of 1878 <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Which started the Yellow Fever Cemetery in Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/railroad-man-andrew-shepherd\/\">ARTICLES on ANDREW SHEPHERD <\/a><\/strong>&#8211; The only railroad man left in Martin during the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic &#8211; he kept the trains moving &#8211; lots of early railroad history here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nashville, Chattanooga &amp; St. Louis Railroad &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/railroad-depot-martin\/\"><strong>TRAIN No.4 STANDING at MARTIN DEPOT<\/strong> <\/a>-abt 1900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/williams-hotel\/\">The <strong>WILLIAMS HOTEL<\/strong> <\/a>with Union Station Depot and lots of Railroad Tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/union-station-martin\/\">The <strong>UNION DEPOT<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; in later years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/martin-barber-shop\/\">BARBER SHOP<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong>1930&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/taylor-home\/\">The <strong>CHARLES LAMBERT TAYLOR<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; home on 400 Main Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/martin-postcards\/\">Martin <strong>POSTCARD COLLECTION<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; The Shirt Factory, Dairy Queen and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/martin-concert-band\/\"><strong>MARTIN CONCERT BAND.<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/hall-drygoods-store\/\">MARTIN DRY GOODS STORE<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"43\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scroll9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1732\"\/><\/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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Martin, Tennessee TRAINS &#8211; That&#8217;s what made Martin grow! Old Photos &amp; History Panoramic VIEW of MARTIN RAILROAD TRACKS + some of downtown &#8211; outstanding! Before there was UTM, there was HALL-MOODY INSTITUTE &#8211; a little Martin History early 1900&#8217;s. The YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC of 1878 &#8211; Which started the Yellow Fever <a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/martin-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-2820","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 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 1, 2020","modified":"Updated on November 4, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 1, 2020 7:25 am","modified":"Updated on November 4, 2020 6:45 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820","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=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3049,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions\/3049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}