Listen. You may hear fiddling on the porch, the anvil’s ring from the Blacksmith’s Shop, students singing in the garden as the pick vegetables for tonight’s supper, or calls of bluebirds along the trails. You may catch the aroma of bread, fresh from . . . — — Map (db m156267) HM
The art of quilting dates back centuries as an early form of recycling. Pieces of worn family clothing, farm feed sacks and other fabrics were hand stitched together to create patchwork designs for warm coverings. Quilts have a role in Clay County . . . — — Map (db m272424) HM
The term "traditional music" includes the Appalachian music that pre-dated bluegrass. For many decades the fiddle and banjo formed the band for square dances. The two instruments were equal partners. The guitar was added to the fiddle/banjo duo in . . . — — Map (db m272425) HM
Native people lived here in the upper Hiwassee River Valley for hundreds of generations before the first European travelers reached this area in the sixteenth cetury. Thousands of sites where they lived, worked, and played dot the river and creek . . . — — Map (db m272440) HM
Turkey Gorget
The stiff wing feathers of the Turkey are used to fashion arrows. The tail makes a wonderful fan. The beautiful iridescent bronze, brown, and black body feathers were woven into warm water-repellant cloaks. These large birds . . . — — Map (db m272457) HM
Cherokee Summer House
(go-ga ga-la-tso-de)
The rectangular summer houses were built with a framework of vertical posts supporting a gabled roof. The roof was often covered with slabs of bark or grass thatch. The walls may have been . . . — — Map (db m272429) HM
The Cherokee population in 1720 is estimated at 16,400 and inhabited about 60 towns in Western North Carolina, Northwest South Carolina, North Georgia and East Tennessee. Smaller settlements and hunting grounds extended into Alabama, Kentucky and . . . — — Map (db m272409) HM
Late prehistoric and early historic period Cherokee villages typically included winter or "hot" houses and summer houses, large community buildings such as town or council houses as well as numerous smaller structures for religious/healing, . . . — — Map (db m272430) HM
The Clay County Historical and Arts Council Museum occupies this brick building constructed in 1912 and used as the county jail until 1972. Its unique features include thick concrete walls, steel doors, and the actual jail cells that housed . . . — — Map (db m272441) HM
One of the forts where General Winfield Scott's United States Forces gathered the Cherokee before moving them west, stood 3/4 mi. N. W. — — Map (db m41936) HM
Pastor First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1897-1944, president of Baptist World Alliance. His birthplace stands one mile northwest. — — Map (db m41938) HM
After a few years of fundraising by Historic Hayesville, Inc. and community support from individual donors, the old Hayesville Town Hall was successfully moved in 2019 to be preserved as a part of Clay County history. HHI provided transport of the . . . — — Map (db m272427) HM
World War I
Charles Burrell •
Columbus Myers •
Bob Roach •
Marion Rogers •
Paul Hogsed •
Sam Hooper
World War II
Sam H. Allison •
Dottie Barnes •
John R. Berrong •
Sam J. Bristol, Jr. •
Cline Cunningham •
Jack . . . — — Map (db m41950) HM
In 1700, this area was home to a thriving Cherokee community called Quanassee. The heart of the village was a townhouse, a combined civic center, council house, and temple that was located atop the mound (today called the Spikebuck Mound) that . . . — — Map (db m272419) HM
In 1700, the river bottoms surrounding present day Hayesville were home to a thriving Cherokee community called Quanassee. The heart of the village was a townhouse, a combined civic center, council house, and temple that was located atop the . . . — — Map (db m272465) HM
Long before Europeans visited Quanassee town, this valley was home to large communities of native farmers who produced crops of corn, beans, pumpkins, sunflowers, and tobacco in the rich riverbottoms along the Hiwassee. The Spikebuck mound and . . . — — Map (db m272412) HM
Three vegetables: corn, beans and squash, were referred to as the Three Sisters and are planted together on a small mound. The traditional Three Sisters Garden forms a community of plants, where corn, beans and squash benefit from a natural . . . — — Map (db m272428) HM
