At
118 East Dickson, Was built by Judge Jonas Tebbetts in 1853
and miraculously survived the Civil War. The Battle of Fayetteville
was fought on its front lawn and a doorway bears the scar
of a minieball which is preserved in testament to the battle
which our ancestors endured and which earned the intersection
of College & Dickson the title "Bloody Corner".
The
Archibald Yell Law Office was built around 1835 and moved
to the Headquarters House ground in 1992. Judge, congressman,
governor, and soldier, Archibald Yell is a colorful figure
from Territorial Days who comes to life in the Living History
Program.
The
Ridge House at 230 West Center
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In
1839, the house served as a refuge for Sarah Bird Northup
Ridge and her children, after the assassination of her Cherokee
husband, John Ridge.
Fayetteville's oldest house stands as a post Trail of Tears
Site commemorating The John Ridge Family and all those who
were forced to leave their homes in the East and travel to
Indian Territory over a trail of tears.
