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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13OL_an-early-mountain-community_Townsend-TN.html
In the early 1900s family farms covered the valley. Self-sufficiency was the rule in those days, but most people made use of the mill, the country store, and the blacksmith shop. The buildings assembled here represent part of a typical mountain co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HP_john-mitchel_Townsend-TN.html
This Irish patriot, exiled from his homeland for revolutionary newspaper activities, settled in the cove about two miles from here in 1855. After a short stay he moved to Knoxville. The rest of his life was taken up with lecture tours and newspape…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVAE_tuckaleechee-villages_Townsend-TN.html
Near here was one of these three Cherokee villages, unoccupied when settlers arrived about 1791. A branch of the Great War and Trading Path forked here, one to North Carolina, the other to villages on the Little Tennessee. The Virginia trader, Vau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQ7_the-little-river-lumber-company_Townsend-TN.html
This is the former site of the Little River Lumber Company mill complex. Founded in 1901 by Col. W.B. Townsend for whom this community is named, the company was one of the largest commercial lumber operations in the Smokies. From 1901 to 1939, the…