Bemberg Water Tower

Historical marker location:

Elizabethton, Tennessee

( Marker is on West Elk Avenue (U.S. 321) west of Bemberg Road, on the right when traveling east.)

The famous frontiersman Davy Crockett served as a U.S. congressman from Tennessee from 1827 to 1835. He became a national celebrity during this time, known for his colorful personality and frontier wisdom.