Historical Marker
Manskers First Fort
Historical marker location:
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
( Marker is on Long Hollow Pike (Tennessee Route 174), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1981
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was staying, is now the National Civil Rights Museum.