Fentress County, Tennessee
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Fentress County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,489. Its county seat is Jamestown.
Fentress County Courthouse in Jamestown
Valley of the Three Forks near Pall Mall, with the Cumberland Plateau dominating the horizon
Pumping water by hand in 1942 from the sole water supply in this section of Wilder, Tennessee in Fentress County
Alvin York
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Alvin Cullum York, also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German m
Fentress County, Tennessee
…convention by a very narrow margin of 334 to 325, becoming the only county that voted for the convention in February but to remain in the Union in June. Alvin York (1887–1964), a hero at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I, was born and lived in Fentress County. He established the Alvin C. York Agricultural…
York in uniform, 1919, wearing the Medal of Honor and French Croix de Guerre with Palm
328th Infantry Regiment line of advance in capture of Hill 223, October 7, 1918, 82nd Division, Argonne Forest, France. (World War I Signal Corps Collection)
Sergeant Alvin C. York by Frank Schoonover, 1919
Sergeant Alvin C. York at the hill where his actions earned him the Medal of Honor (February 7, 1919)