Historical Marker
Moore's Brigade
Historical marker location:
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from Shingle Road north of Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway (Tennessee Route 148), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1890
Cheatham's Division. Hardee's Corps.
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.