Editing Monteagle, Tennessee (section)

==History==
[[File:Monteagle-pedestrian-1941-tn1.jpg|thumb|upright|Monteagle highway scene, circa 1941]]
Monteagle has long served as a popular point to cross the [[Cumberland Plateau]] due to its location along a relatively narrow stretch of the plateau in southern Tennessee. One of the last groups of [[Cherokee]]s removed from the Southeastern United States along the [[Trail of Tears]] passed through what is now Monteagle en route to [[Oklahoma]] in late October 1838. This group consisted of approximately 700 Cherokee led by John Bell and escorted by U.S. Army Lieutenant Edward Deas.<ref>"Trail of Tears: Bell Removal Route," historical marker along U.S. Route 41 in Monteagle, Trail of Tears Remembrance Motorcycle Ride. Accessed: April 16, 2016.</ref>

The town of Monteagle was originally known as "Moffat Station" after John Moffat, a Scottish-Canadian [[temperance movement in the United States|temperance]] activist who purchased over {{convert|1000|acre|km2}} of land in the area in 1870. In 1872, Moffat donated {{convert|50|acre|ha}} of land to [[Fairmount College]], a women's college that had decided to relocate to the area from [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. The grounds of the school are now home to the [[DuBose Conference Center]], named for one of the school's early pastors.<ref>"[http://www.duboseconf.org/history DuBose Conference Center: A Short History]," DuBose Conference Center website. Originally published in the ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', August 14, 1982. Retrieved: April 19, 2016.</ref> In 1882, the [[Chautauqua Institution|Chautauqua]]-inspired [[Monteagle Sunday School Assembly]] was established to train Sunday school teachers.<ref>William Ray Turner, "[https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=576 Grundy County]," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: April 19, 2016.</ref>

The name of Moffat Station was later changed to "Mount Eagle", and afterwards to "Mounteagle". The spelling had been changed to "Monteagle" by the time the town incorporated in 1962.<ref>"[http://grundycountytn.net/monteagle/index.html Monteagle: History]," Grundy County website. Retrieved: April 19, 2016.</ref>