Last Land Buy, Possible Graves Found At Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield Park

PARKERS CROSSROADS, Tenn. — The last major purchase of ground at Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield has been completed. In another development, unmarked graves may have been discovered on park land.

According to park historian Steve McDaniel, one of the driving forces in creating the park, a half acre and two buildings formerly housing a car repair and tire sales lot, and located next to the exit ramp of Interstate 40, were acquired in December. One of the buildings will be torn down and the other may possibly be used as a storage and meeting facility, said McDaniel. They have long been considered somewhat of an eyesore given the rest of the pristine park view south.

“We have talked with the owner for years and fortunately one day he offered it to us at a price we couldn’t pass up,” McDaniel said. Most of the critical ground for interpretation has now been purchased and anything else acquired “would likely be through conservation easements,” he said....