Common sense isn't.
"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.
Road Open
To Hunters On
Scouting And
Hunting Days
| Quote of the moment |
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| ~ Voltaire, Letter to M. le Riche, Feb. 6, 1770. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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