Historical Marker
Broyles-Darwin House
Historical marker location:
108 Idaho Avenue, Dayton, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Cherry Street and Idaho Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Cherry Street.)
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.