
Port Jackson
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N 35° 37.100 W 088° 51.234
16S E 332101 N 3943199
Port Jackson
Waymark Code: WM1TBD
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2007
Views: 54
Three-quarters of a mile southeast,on the bank of the Forked Deer River was the little river port of Jackson, at first called Alexandria, from which cotton was shipped on flat-boats and small steamboats to Memphis and New Orleans during the early decades of the 19th century.
Marker Name: Port Jackson
 Marker Location: Roadside
 Type of Marker: Other
 Marker Number: 4 D 18
 Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Tennessee Historical Commision

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