Samuel Powhatan Carter

Historical marker location:

829 East Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, Tennessee

( Marker is on East Elk Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Veterans Memorial Parkway (U.S. 19E), on the right when traveling west.)

Aug 6, 1819 May 26, 1891.

The largest underground lake in the United States is located in Tennessee. The Lost Sea, located in Sweetwater, Tennessee, covers over four acres and is home to a variety of unusual creatures, including blind fish and crayfish.