Pactolus Ironworks

Historical marker location:

101 Rock Springs Rd, Kingsport, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Rock Springs Road and Fort Henry Drive (Tennessee Highway 36), on the right when traveling west on Rock Springs Road.)

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.