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Mayor Ben West speaking at Fort Nashborough, 1962 November 25

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Mayor Ben West speaking at Fort Nashborough, 1962 November 25

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Title	Mayor Ben West speaking at Fort Nashborough, 1962 November 25
Personal name	West, Ben, 1911-1974
Topical entry	Mayors--Tennessee--Nashville Fortification--Tennessee--Nashville Frontier and pioneer life--Tennessee, Middle Heritage tourism--Tennessee, Middle
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Description	Pictured: Mayor Ben West presenting a talk to a group at Fort Nashborough in Nashville, Tennessee on November 25, 1962. Fort Nashborough was the stockade established in early 1779 in the French Lick area of the Cumberland River valley as a forerunner to the settlement that would become the city of Nashville, Tennessee. The structure that exists today is not the original settlement, but rather a reconstruction. The historic marker reads: “The original stockade fronted on the river slightly north of here, covering an area of about two acres. In that enclosure, on May 13, 1780, representatives of this and other settlements met and adopted the Cumberland Compact for the government of the new settlement. About 500 yards west, April 2, 1781, settlers, assisted by dogs, drove off the Indians in the Battle of the Bluffs.” Mayor West (Raphael Ben West), born in Columbia, Tennessee, was Nashville’s 62nd Mayor of Nashville in office from 1951 to 1963. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1962-11-25
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	RG 3 3759 Parks Fort Nashborough Mayor West Nov25th 1962 005
Relation	Record Group 3
Coverage	1960-1969
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Metro Archives, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3