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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
the stone in memory of Father 
Walsh. 
White Oak Cemetery, located on 
the old Tom Sawyer home place, was 
chartered Nov. 7, 1884, by the White 
Oak Cemetery Association. The in- 
corporators were Dr. P. D. Sims, 
John Orr, F. B. Thompson and T. J. 
Nichol. This cemetery is considered 
one of the prettiest burial spots near 
the city. It is situated on a knoll 
overlooking the Dry Valley territory. 
The main part is laid off in a circle. 
A lake fed by a spring beautifies the 
grounds. Weeping willows and ever- 
greens border the main driveway. 
Forest Hills Cemetery was charter- 
ed Jan. 9, 1884. The land, 125 acres, 
was purchased from Anna Y. Wat- 
kins, at a cost of $3,459.68. The char- 
ter members were T. G. Montague, 
Allan C. Burns, H. S. Chamberlain, 
George H. Hazlehurst, A. M. John- 
son, H. Clay Evans, Charles J. Mar- 
tin, J. A. Caldwell, S. A. Key and 
Theodore Richmond. This cemetery 
is ranked among the four or five most 
beautiful cemeteries in the south. As 
the name implies, the cemetery is a 
hilly tract of land, some of the hills 
reaching a height of 350 feet. The 
natural forest growth has been left 
intact. There are 104 varieties of trees 
in the cemetery, oak and hickory 
constituting the greater number. 
There are over 100 magnolia trees of 
three varieties. An Egyptian lotus 
pond, rich in full bloom, adds much 
to the beauty of the cemetery. The 
flowering season of this plant is from 
June until the latter part of August. 
There are six mausoleums in the 
cemetery, in addition to the many 
beautiful monuments. 
The list of Chattanooga cemeteries, 
from an historic standpoint, is not 
complete without the Missionary 
Cemetery near Bird’s Mill. This 
cemetery covers two acres of ground 
and belongs to Gus Jarnagin. This 
was the burying place of the Indians 
before being taken to the Indian res- 
ervation. The briars and other 
tangled undergrowth have covered the 
mounds that mark the Indian graves. 
It was here that Dr. Wooten, of 
Massachusetts, was buried in 1821. 
For twenty-five years the body was 
left in the Indian cemetery, marked 
by a stone brought from Lynchburg 
by wagon. In the early fifties a son 
came and took the remains back to 
Salem, Mass., for reinterment. The 
stone was left, and many persons un- 
familiar with the early history of the 
vicinity have wondered its signifi- 
cance. Dr. Wooten was pastor of a 
church at Salem in those days and 
was also secretary of the board of 
foreign missions, according to infor- 
mation gathered from old settlers. 
Mr. Jarnagin has offered to give the 
ground to anyone who will care for 
it and put it in order. It has been 
suggested that the Daughters of the 
American Revolution take charge of 
it. 
Chief among the great military 
cemeteries near Chattanooga is the 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Na- 
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Chattanooga, Tenn. 
tional Military Park. The United 
States government has, under an act 
of Congress, purchased the entire 
Chickamauga battlefield, embracing 
over fifteen square miles, and has con- 
verted it into a park of magnificent 
proportions. $725,000 was appropri- 
ated by Congress for the erection of 
national monuments and for the im- 
provement of the grounds, walks and 
driveways. The various states have 
also appropriated over $500,000 for 
the erection of monuments to com- 
memorate the deeds of valor of sol- 
diers from their respective states. 
Granite and bronze are the materials 
used for all of the monuments. The 
old roads of the battlefield have been 
reopened and the underbrush cut 
from 3,300 acres, and the battlefield 
is now in the same condition it was 
in at the time of the battle. The 
monuments range in cost from $1,000 
to $6,000 each — those erected by the 
United States to the regulars cost 
$1,500 each. The main drive of the 
park is thirty miles in length and is 
twenty-four feet wide. Five steel ob- 
servation towers, each seventy feet 
high, have been erected. Three of 
these towers are on the Chickamauga 
field and two on Missionary Ridge. 
Wilder’s Brigade monument is pro- 
vided with a stairway, built of stone, 
to reach an observatory at top, eigh- 
ty-one feet above the ground; also 
used as an observation tower. The 
National Commission has ascertained 
the fighting lines of all divisions and 
brigades on both the Union and Con- 
federate sides with sufficient accuracy 
to justify the erection of historical 
tablets for these organizations. Tab- 
lets have also been erected for army 
headquarters, corps, divisions and 
brigades for both sides and for all the 
fields. The part taken by each or- 
ganization, throughout the battles, is 
set forth on these tablets. The old 
lines of work and fortifications have 
been restored, and about 300 cannon 
have been mounted and placed in posi- 
tion. The park is now the most com- 
prehensive military object lesson in 
the world. 
One of the most interesting attrac- 
tions at the Chickamauga National 
Military Park is the model army post. 
The government has expended more 
than $2,000,000 in the erection of a 
model military post for the accom- 
modation of cavalry, in a tract of 900 
acres. It is a part of the National 
Park, but was purchased for this par- 
ticular purpose. The work is now 
completed, and embraces more than 
eighty separate buildings admir- 
ably grouped, and this post will 
have all of the conveniences and 
utilities of a model community. It is 
officially named Fort Oglethorpe. The 
source of the water supply if from 
ten and six-inch flowing artesian wells 
and distributed from an elevated res- 
ervoir. The sewerage disposal is by 
the Septic system. The famous 11th 
U. S. Cavalry now occupy this post, 
with their celebrated band of musici- 
ans. The visitor will find much of in- 
terest in the reviews, parades, guard 
