Thursday, April 17, 2003 7:00 p.m. Welch Room - Hardin Co. Library Guest Speaker - Tony Hays Addressing Little Known History Of Hardin County Discover More About: - How the County was the first one formed from the Chickasaw Purchase - First major battle in Western Theater during the Civil War - Home to one of the first TVA Dams - The first female elected to any position in the State of Tennessee was - Birthplace of Myles Horton - Teacher of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. - Who was one of Tennessee's first major league baseball players - Birthplace of Tennessee's first motion picture star - Birthplace of 2 of Tennessee's Medal of Honor winners - Ancestral home of Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley ___________________________________________________ If you have questions, contact David Cagle. [email protected] 731-925-2069