On Tennessee Route 68 at Hot Water Road, on the right when traveling north on Tennessee Route 68.
For more than a century, Coker Creek was the economic center of Tennessee’s eastern gold district. Prospectors began working the area as early as 1827 when it was still within the Cherokee Nation. Tennessee’s first state geologist, Gerard Troost, . . . — — Map (db m227675) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m82299) HM WM
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 years. 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 . . . — — Map (db m82302) HM WM
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 years. 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 . . . — — Map (db m82303) HM
On Tennessee Route 68 at Joe Brown Highway (County Route 40), on the left when traveling south on Tennessee Route 68.
Here in the shadow of the Unicoi Mountains, the Coker Creek community suffered the effects of the Civil War. The conflict closed the lucrative gold mines here and brought devastation and terror to the inhabitants. Both the Union and the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m82296) HM
Monroe County is named for President James Monroe. The Cherokee town of Tanasi is the name source for the Tennessee River and the state. Sequoyah, inventor of thenCherokee syllabary, was born in this region that also included Cherokee towns of Chota . . . — — Map (db m201304) HM
On Otia-Blythe Road east of Turkey Neck Bend (Kentucky Route 214), on the left when traveling south.
McMillian's Landing was a crossing point for both Union and Confederate troops making their way between Kentucky and Tennessee. Both forces viewed Monroe County and Tompkinsville as a key position for entry to central Kentucky and points northward. . . . — — Map (db m100955) HM
Near Old Mulkey Park Road 0.2 miles west of Old Mulkey Road (Corinth Church Road) (Kentucky Highway 1446), on the right when traveling west.
James Chism, married Mary Howard, the daughter of Obadiah Howard. Born in Virginia, James enlisted as a Private in the 2nd Virginia Regiment and served until the end of the Revolutionary War. Shortly thereafter, he moved his family to Kentucky where . . . — — Map (db m154976) HM
On East Main Street (Tennessee Route 151), on the left when traveling east.
Named by early pioneers traversing thru the region, this designated Indian trail led these settlers into this area during Western migration. This mainly Cherokee trail, (although used some by the Shawnee), originated at Rockwood in Roane County, . . . — — Map (db m180021) HM
On West Mulberry Street 0.2 miles east of Carroll Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
Samuel A. Bayless and his wife, Mary, came to Denton from Monroe County, Tennessee. In 1884, he purchased a two-room farmhouse, the one-story part of the museum. Later, they built a two story Victorian Queen Anne-style addition. Samuel died in . . . — — Map (db m178758) HM
Near Virginia Street 0.1 miles east of South Ann Street.
National Cemetery
Mobile National Cemetery was established in May 1866 on 3 acres of land in Magnolia Cemetery. The City of Mobile donated the land to the federal government. The Cemetery was divided into four sections with a central . . . — — Map (db m86914) HM
Near Benton Avenue East (County Road H35) just west of South Main Street (State Route 5), on the left when traveling west.
The first time court was held in Monroe County it was convened in a log house at Clark’s Point, Judge Charles Mason presiding. There was no floor in the house and during the session the judge, the lawyers and the court officials slept on the . . . — — Map (db m187700) HM
On Old Mulkey Park Road 0.2 miles west of Old Mulkey Road.
When the congregation here split in 1809, the smaller group took two things with them...the name "Mill Creek Baptist” and the church records to date. In their care the "Book of records for the church of Christ on the head of the Big Barren at Mill . . . — — Map (db m184123) HM
On Cherohola Skyway (Bypass Tennessee Route 165) at Herford Street, on the left when traveling west on Cherohola Skyway.
Throughout the Civil War, both sides depended on the iron industry for vitally important munitions. The Tellico Iron and Manufacturing Company, then located one mile east, caught the attention first of the Confederate army and eventually of Union . . . — — Map (db m82297) HM
On Cherohala Skyway (Tennessee Route 165) near Veterans Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling east.
The Charles Hall Museum and Heritage Center houses many layers of Tellico Plains history. Relics date back to pre-historic Native Americans including artifacts from the Cherokee, the last Native Americans to inhabit Gr. Telliquo and its . . . — — Map (db m261770) HM
On Fountain Run Road (State Highway 100) at County House Road (State Road 1366), on the left when traveling south on Fountain Run Road.
Camp established by Union Army to train and drill troops and as a place of rendezvous. In October 1861, Col. S. S. Stanton, 25th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, was ordered to capture the encampment. He marched his regiment into the county and . . . — — Map (db m236252) HM
Near Old Mulkey Park Road 0.2 miles west of Old Mulkey Road.
Hannah Boone was the youngest child born to Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan Boone.
The Boones were members of the Friends Society (Quakers) and Squire served as first a trustee and then an overseer of the Oley Meeting. The Boones moved to the Yadkin . . . — — Map (db m184060) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
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