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"The Wheat Community was settled during the middle of the 19th
Century and took its name from the first postmaster, Frank Wheat.
The area had originally been known as Bald Hill. Roane College, a
liberal arts college, operated here from 1886-1908. Wheat was one
of four area communities acquired by the federal government, in
1942, for the Manhattan Project."
George Jones Memorial Baptist Church and Cemetery is about a half mile down a gated gravel road from Route 327, just off the "Oak Ridge Turnpike" to the west of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Wheat Community Monument is about another half mile farther down the same gravel road.
In this Aerial Photo the church and cemetery are at the lower left, and the monument is near the top, center, just to the left of the highway interchange. A topographical map is also available at the same link. This Yahoo map shows the general location.
The 50th
Anniversary Edition of ORNL Review
had extensive articles about the history of the nearby national
lab. Excerpts here from Chapter 1
include discussion of Wheat and the other communities.
Road Open
To Hunters On
Scouting And
Hunting Days
| Quote of the moment |
| Delight,—top-gallant delight is to him, who acknowledges no law or lord, but the Lord his God, and is only a patriot to heaven. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 9, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). Spoken by Father Mapple. ~ |
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