Historic Cold Springs

Historical marker location:

301 Portland Blvd, Portland, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Portland Boulevard and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.)

ca. 1857 - 1933.

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.