Historical Marker
Old Racetrack
Historical marker location:
Huntingdon, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Tennessee Route 22 and Lexington Street (Business Tennessee Route 22), on the right when traveling north on State Route 22.)
Tennessee was the site of the first recorded manned flight in history. In 1878, a man named George Washington Pearcy flew a steam-powered aircraft over a field in Shelbyville, Tennessee.