Edith Newman Culver Memorial Museum

This historic Edith Newman Culver Memorial Museum and home near the bank of the Tennessee River is now the site of two museums.

On display inside the two-story frame house are Civil War relics, American Indian displays, military memorabilia and local history. The adjacent barn houses a collection of carriages on display.

The house was built in 1872 only years after Union Gen. William Sherman burned down the town.

The museum was the home of Joseph Marion Newman, a Union soldier from Ohio who purchased the house in 1918. His granddaughter, Edit Newman Culver, inherited the house and donated it to the town in 1995 for the purpose of opening a museum.














The museum is near the path taken during the tragic 1800s Indian removal program called the Trail of Tears. A marker commemorates American Indians who either lost their lives or were displayed during the relocation program.