Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-08-23


Revolution and wild youth the frontier
Andrew Jackson became a lawyer at Nashville
then in North Carolina. He served in the national
house and senate representing Tennessee. He
defeated the Greeks and Seminoles in the War of
1872 and his defeat of the British at New Orleans
In 1915 was of the decisive battles of American
history, inasmuch as If Pakenham had captured
New Orleans Great Britain would presumably
never have let go of the mouth of the Mississippi
He was the first American governor of Florida
(1S21). He was the seventh president of the
United States. His firm stand against notification
by South Carolina in 1882 is history The "spoils
system" is linked with his name His devotion to
his wife touches the peoples heart. "Old Hickory"
was red-headed and individual He is a popular
figure of our history.
The birthplace controversy is sort of double
barreled dispute First there is the controversy
over the house in which he was born-the Nc
Kemey home or the Crawford home. After this
had apparently been settled in favor of the
Crawford house, the next question was: Was the
Crawford house in North Carolina or in South
Carolina?
You see, Andrew Jackson's father died and was
buried close to the North Carolina-South Carolina
state line. From the funeral Andrews mother
went either to the home of her sister, Mrs. James
Crawford or to the home of another sister, Mrs
George Mckinney. And in one of these two
houses Andrew was born. The two houses were
only few miles apart, but the Crawford place Is
North Carolina.
The truth is--or seems to be-that in 1887, the
date of his birth, the line between the two states
had not been permanently settled. 1t was not
until 1915 that the boundary line dispute between
the two states was settled at conference between
the governors at Greenville S. G. That was the
occasion of the historic remark of the governor OF
North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina,
which is even truer than then.
Rut If there is controversy over "Old Hickory's'
birthplace, there is recompense in the Hermit
age" where he lived and died-the picturesque
historical home is just as its owner and builder
left it.
or all the historical homes in the United States
none is more picturesque or of more interest than
the Hermitage" 1t lies within twelve miles OF
Nashville, Tennessee, on road that runs through
rich rolling plain dotted with great oaks rising
ont of grassy meadows, the fields bordered with
wild flowers.
Jackson's holdings comprised about 1000 acres,
and his land was some of the finest in Tennessee.
He was evidently a good farmer, for there are
records of his accounts among the papers OF the
Hermitage" The great barn which he built while
he was vet President of the United States is still
standing 1t is situated on a knoll some distance
back from the house.
President Jackson bought this property about
the time that Thomas Jefferson first took his seat
as President of the United States. 1t was the be-
ginning of the century, and the house which he first
built upon it. away back in 1904 is still standing.
It is a one-story-and attic log cabin, with red
brick chimney at one end and roof Of rough
shingles It was there that Jackson lived in 1905.
There was his home when he fought the battle Of
New Orleans in 1915. And there he and his wife
spent some of the happiest years of their lives.
The Hermitage" proper is the house which
Andrew Jackson built in 1885 when he was still
President The site where it stands was selected
in 1919, and home built there of brick made
ON the place. It was in that home that Lafayette
was entertained and there Mrs. Rache! Jackson
the wife of the general lived until she died just
after her husband was elected President The
clothes which she expected to wear at the White
House receptions had been made. but she passed
away on the eve of his departure for his Inaugural
ton That house was burned in 1882, and jackson
Immediately rebuilt it as it now stands, laying out
the grounds as they are today.
yGe lawn in front of the house is the exact
shape of a guitar with the body ending at the