The Scopes Trial

The Scopes Trial is a Tennessee historical marker in in courthouse yard, Rhea County.

Rhea Co, Tn 29 (US 27), in Dayton, in courthouse yard

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Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925, John Thomas Scopes, a county high school teacher, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays and Dudley Field Malone the defense. Scopes was convicted.

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1888 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1893 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1935 · Graysville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1942 · Graysville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1943 · Graysville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Rhea County Courthouse160 ft

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