Ocoee No. 1

Historical marker location:

2144 US-64, Benton, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from U.S. 64, on the right when traveling east.)

Hydroelectric pioneer.

Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. It joined the Confederacy in June 1861, but a significant portion of its population remained loyal to the Union, leading to a bitter and divided conflict within the state.