Historical Marker

Bailey Hardware

Historical marker location:
1356 Market Street, Dayton, Tennessee
( Marker is on Market Street (Tennessee Route 378) south of 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

Scopes Trial Trail.

The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.