Saul's Mound
PHOTO: Mark Norton
MADISON

County Seat: Jackson
In Madison County you will find Pinson Mounds, an awesome series of Native American Mounds built nearly two thousand years ago that we're still learning new things about today. Consider this: In its time, Saul's Mound at Pinson Mounds was the tallest man-made structure in the land we now call the United States. Click here for a virtual tour, done the Tennessee History for Kids way.
Casey Jones
PHOTO: Casey Jones Village

Jackson was also the home of Casey Jones, a folk hero about whom songs have been written and TV shows have been produced. When he was 16 years old, Jones started working for railroads, first the Mobile & Ohio and later the Illinois Central. By the time he was 27 he had become a railroad engineer, which means that he drove the train. He eventually developed a reputation as a man who would go to great lengths to get his train to the station on time. He died in a train wreck in 1900, with one hand on the whistle and the other on the brake.

 

By the way, the main reason Casey Jones became famous after his death was because an African-American engine wiper named Wallace Saunders wrote a song about him. If you want to hear the song’s tune, click here.

 



Here's the Madison County Courthouse.

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