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Bowen Memorial Park
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Description
Title
Promise
Land
:
memorial
park
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
Date
2004
?
Coverage
2000-2009
Property name
Promise Land
Property type
Park
National Register Reference
07000159
listed
2007/03/15
Community Name
Promise, Dickson County, TN
Description
Color
photograph
of a
field
with
leaves
on the
ground
and
bare
trees
;
white
sign
reading
:
Bowen
Memorial
Park
Historical Notes
The
Promise
Land
community
was
established
by
formerly
enslaved
people
shortly
after
the
Civil
War
.
It
was the
first
African
American
community
of
Dickson
County
. In
time
,
it
encompassed
about
1000
acres
,
including
50
homes
,
several
stores
,
two
churches
, and a
school
.
Only
the
Park
,
St
.
John
Church
, and the
schoolhouse
remain
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Transcript
Bowen Memorial Park
Subject-TGM
Parks
Signs (Notices)
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
35
mm
slide
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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