Historical Marker
Old Hickory Triangle
Historical marker location:
609 Bryan St, Old Hickory, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Donelson Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Old Hickory Boulevard.)
Marker installed: 2002
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.