Horse Barn, c. 1890s

Historical marker location:

3021 Lebanon Pike, Donelson, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) and Rivercrest Pass, on the right when traveling east.)

[Clover Bottom Farm].

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.