Rhea County Courthouse

THE SCOPES TRIAL

 

Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925 John

Thomas Scopes, a County High School teacher, was tried for teaching that a 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.

--from historical marker in front.

 

The courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee was built in 1891.

Done