"Tennessee Lead"

The hound's descendants spread into several named strains. The American Foxhound has Walker, Calhoun, Goodman, Trigg, July and Penn-Marydel lines, all of them members of one breed first recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1886. The Trigg hound began in Barren County, Kentucky, in the 1860s, when Colonel Haiden C. Trigg wanted a faster hound and drew on dogs from the Birdsong, Maupin and Walker lines. In 1910 the big-game hunter Paul J. Rainey took Trigg hounds to Africa on a hunting trip.

What the plaque says

"Tennessee Lead" Near here in November, 1852, a black and tan hound was stolen out of a deer chase by a horse trader, taken to Madison County, Kentucky, sold to George Washington Maupin. There, as Tennessee Lead, he became the foundation sire of all Walker, Trigg and Goodman fox hounds.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum State Park — 3.7 mi
  A replica of the log cabin where the secretary of state and Nobel laureate was born in 1871, with a museum of his belongings, in Pickett County's hills.
• Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park — 11 mi
  The Wolf River valley farm, gristmill and grave of Alvin York, the conscientious objector turned Medal of Honor soldier, now a National Historic Landmark district.
• Standing Stone State Park — 15 mi
  A New Deal park on Mill Creek named for a vanished stone that Native peoples revered and railroad builders blasted, with a lake, 1930s cabins and a marbles championship.
• Pickett CCC Memorial State Park — 20 mi
  A Civilian Conservation Corps park of sandstone buildings, natural bridges and rock shelters beside the Big South Fork, and an International Dark Sky Park.

More markers nearby

• The Burning of Hale's Mill — 5.6 mi
• Albert Houston Roberts — 9.9 mi
• Alpine School — 10.0 mi
• Wolf River Cemetery — 12 mi