Nashoba - 4E 10 - Memphis, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 35° 10.325 W 089° 52.086
16S E 238793 N 3895895
Historical marker about an old plantation
Waymark Code: WMTPA8
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Titansfan
Views: 4

County of marker: Shelby County
Location of marker: Summer Ave. & Sycamore View Road, Memphis
Marker erected by: Tennessee Histoecal Commission
Marker number: 4E 10

Marker text:

4E 10
NASHOBA
To the south lay this plantation. Here, in 1827, a Scottish spinster heiress named Frances Wright set up a colony whose aims were the enforcement of cooperative living and other advanced sociological experiments. It failed in 1830.

Marker Name: Nashoba

Marker Location: City

Type of Marker: Person

Marker Number: 4E 10

Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission


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