[Home] [Windmill Webcam] [Vicinity Webcams] [Windpower] [Privacy] [Inspiration] [Old] [Older] [Links]

Common sense isn't.

The Wheat Community and
George Jones Memorial Baptist Church and Cemetery

Related Link: The Wheat Community African Burial Ground

[ Start | History | Church | Cemetery | Monument ]

Wheat and George Jones Memorial Baptist Church "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.

This OpenStreetMap shows the general location.

The 50th Anniversary Edition (archive, 2001) 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.

Wheat and George Jones Memorial Baptist Church

LIMITED USE ROAD
Official Use and Cemetery Church
Visitation Access Only
All Vehicle Occupants Must Use Seat Belts
Access For Other Purposes Prohibited
Maximum Safe Speed Limit 15 MPH
Off Road Driving Prohibited
DRIVE SAFELY

Road Open
To Hunters On
Scouting And
Hunting Days


Wheat and George Jones Memorial Baptist Church

NOTICE
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY
LOCK BARRICADES UPON ENTRY AND EXIT


Continue on to the Church?


[ Start | History | Church | Cemetery | Monument ]

Get Free. Get LibreOffice.
Distributed Computing

Quote of the moment
Once I prophesied that this generation of Americans had a rendezvous with destiny. That prophecy now comes true. To us much is given; more is expected. This generation will nobly save or mainly lose the last best hope of earth. The way is plain, peaceful, generous just. A way, which if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. Ed. Samuel I. Rosenman, The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 13 volumes, New York (1938-1950). FDR Speaks authorized edition of speeches, 1933-1945 (recordings of Franklin Roosevelt’s public addresses), side 5, annual message to Congress (Jan. 4, 1939), ed. Henry Steele Commager, Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Records, Inc. (1960).

FDR appeals for national unity in the face of crises at home and abroad. ~
Thanks to Highland Media

[Home] [Windmill Webcam] [Vicinity Webcams] [Windpower] [Privacy] [Inspiration] [Old] [Older] [Links]

Common sense isn't.

DuckDuckGo Site Search

Images stored locally for protection of your privacy (unless/until you search with Google). Stomp out web bugs (archive.org).

Copyright © 2000- hal9000[zat]mensetmanus.net

I last touched this page on Monday, 2022-11-07 at 21:08:45 UTC.
Join the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign!
W3C Markup Validator Check
Site optimized for any modern browser, any size screen, any resolution, and no plug-ins; prepared and served with Free BSD, and Debian GNU / Linux