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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GR_tellico-blockhouse_Vonore-TN.html
The Tellico Blockhouse was a United States fortification constructed in 1794 and in use through 1807. Primarily, The Tellico Blockhouse served as a check against white settlement deeper into Cherokee lands. It also served as home to the Tellico Fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WGS_longstreet-encampment-historical_Sweetwater-TN.html
In mid to late 1863, Sweetwater was a supply and staging area for the Confederacy. It was the last secure depot on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, south of the Union lines. In November 1863, General Longstreet, with 15,000 men, camped her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O4E_fort-loudon_Vonore-TN.html
Constructed by the English 1756 to help win the valley of the Mississippi. Captured by the Indians under French influence 1760. Marked by the Tennessee Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1917
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FE8_cherokee-heritage-trails_Vonore-TN.html
Cherokee Heritage Trails (Tsalagi Usdi Nvnohi) wind through the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, in the heart of Cherokee homelands that once encompassed more than 140,000 square miles. Here, where Cherokee people have lived fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FE7_unicoi-turnpike-trail_Vonore-TN.html
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 year. The earliest European maps of the area note the trail as a connector between Cherokee Territories and the coastal ports of Charleston and Savannah. In 1756 British so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FE6_the-tennessee-overhill-experience-from-furs-to-factories_Vonore-TN.html
From the beginning of the eighteenth century until the American Revolution, Cherokee hunters and trappers traded tens of thousands of animal pelts for manufactured goods imported by licensed British traders. The first resident trader in the Overhi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDU_fort-loudoun_Vonore-TN.html
Fort Loudoun has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDT_unicoi-turnpike-trail_Vonore-TN.html
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 year. The earliest European maps of the area note the trail as a connector between Cherokee Territories and the coastal ports of Charleston and Savannah. In 1756 British so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDS_welcome-to-fort-loudoun-state-historic-area_Vonore-TN.html
Fort Loudoun played a significant role in helping Great Britain secure the trans-Appalachian region from France during the Seven Years War, or as it is known in America, the French and Indian War. As the first planned British fort in the "Overhill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDP_fort-loudon_Vonore-TN.html
One mile east is a replica of this fort, built 1756-57 by South Carolina provincial troops to check the French and strengthen the English influence in the Mississippi Valley. It was besieged by the Cherokee and surrendered August 7, 1760.
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