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Post by trueblue on Jan 8, 2008 20:30:12 GMT -5
Back to the grocery store, was it Redford's? I remember it being beside the bank.
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Post by kroisis on Jan 8, 2008 21:11:40 GMT -5
You are correct, Sir!
Sorry! That's incorrect (but a good guess!).
Now, how many of y'all realize that the hill across the street from that cemetery has numerous unmarked graves of dead union soldiers from the Civil War? (One was accidentally disinterred back in the 70's by a would be gardener trying to pick up some free soil!).
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Post by Longshot! [ Saint ] on Jan 10, 2008 5:10:19 GMT -5
Funny how the pictures look the same as today, except monochromatic.
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Post by kroisis on Jan 11, 2008 11:00:35 GMT -5
Ok, anybody else want to take shot at answering any of the rest? Or should I post the answers?
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Post by Justin Thyme on Jan 11, 2008 11:48:36 GMT -5
Back to the grocery store, was it Redford's? I remember it being beside the bank. Redford's was the 5¢ & 10¢ store in that row of buildings. Stan Armor owned the grocery store. It was called Armor's.
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Post by Justin Thyme on Jan 11, 2008 11:52:13 GMT -5
Ok, anybody else want to take shot at answering any of the rest? Or should I post the answers? I'd like to hear the answers. The only one I knew was the one Worm answered. I would guess that the overland torpedo would have been found at the site of White Oak Elementary but that would be strictly a WAG. Maybe at Red Bank Pool? Roy Warren's first swap shop was on Hamill Road.
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Post by kroisis on Jan 12, 2008 19:17:28 GMT -5
So,...let's answer a few of them anyway. Those unanswered are still open game.
The sources for these tidbits have been gleaned from actual excavation of some sites, newspapers, books and interviews with participants over the years.
Prior to the name "Red Bank" what was the area known as?
While some early accounts have it listed as "Dry Valley" or "Hamilton", it was more commonly known as "Pleasant Hill"
Why was it changed to "Red Bank"?
At the time of it's incorporation (1955) it was discovered that a "Pleasant Hill, TN" already existed. In the course of discussion the post master's wife (Mrs. Hartman) suggested naming it "Red Bank" because of the very prominent iron rich ridge features that extended most of the length of the area.
What was "Ford's Well" and what was its significance to Red Bank history? Where is the original site of "Ford's Well"?
Ford's Well was a small community that built up around a local well along the road to the Chattanooga ferry site. It is said that it was once a common place for wagon trains to pause for the night prior to making Tennessee River crossing. It is now capped and located near "approximately" 3414 Dayton Blvd. At the time of incorporation, Red Bank "annexed" the areas known as Pleasant Hill, Ford's Well and White Oak. Ford's Well was very close to being the mid-point of the original area of Red Bank.
What was Morrison Springs Road's first name? Surely -somebody- will get -this- one!
Where was the first post office in the area? I'll give you a clue, it was opened on December 9, 1875.
Where was a civil war era "overland torpedo" aka "land mine" discovered in the Red Bank area?
It was found, unexploded, by an amateur relic hunter in the early 1980's in the Beason Drive area. The inquisitive person brought it to Roy Warren's swap shop and thumped it down on the table to ask him to identify it. This gave Roy such a start he later told me he'd "about swallowed the cigar I was chewing on". An explosives expert was called and the device was successfully disarmed.
What was the significance of Stringer's Branch in the Civil War?
In preparation for his movements to cross the Tennessee River and advance on Missionary Ridge, W.T. Sherman (yeah, the dude that later burned Atlanta) moved his troops with their pontoon boats up what is now Stringer's Branch. If viewed today, one gets the impression the water levels have changed quite a bit since those days.
Which US Presidents have at any time set foot in the Red Bank area (either before, during or after office)?
We have records of the following having at least passed through Red Bank:
Andrew Jackson U.S. Grant Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the name of the dairy farm that operated out of the Red Bank area? Oh come on now...ya'll ain't even trying.
What was the original main road in the Red Bank area?
What is left of Redding Road is generally considered to have been the main road of the area until Dayton Blvd. was completed...but what was it called back then? Come on now!
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Post by amocksun on Jul 6, 2013 12:00:22 GMT -5
Hello everyone! I see that this thread hasn't been active in many years, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to try.
I found this site by Googling my grandfather's name - Roy Warren. I was wondering if anyone knew him or knew any more stories about him they wouldn't mind sharing.
Thanks!
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