A Tennessee Overhill Experience - From Furs to Factories Historical Markers

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A Tennessee Overhill Experience - From Furs to Factories Historical Markers

This trail tells the story of land and people and how the Industrial Revolution in the Upland South shaped both. Museums and historic sites reveal the stories of Cherokee settlements, European explorers, fur traders, miners, mill workers, railroaders, and farmers – the ordinary people who came to the Tennessee Overhill to live and work. There are 15 interpretive sites on this driving trail.

By Darren Jefferson Clay, July 17, 2021

From Furs to Factories Marker

1 ► Tennessee, McMinn County, Athens — From Furs to Factories — The Tennessee Overhill Experience —

2 ► Tennessee, McMinn County, Englewood — Englewood — A Textile Mill Town —

3 ► Tennessee, McMinn County, Etowah — Etowah — A Railroad Town —

4 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Coker Creek — Gold Mining at Coker Creek — The Tennessee Overhill Experience: From Furs to Factories —

5 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — The Tennessee Overhill Experience — From Furs to Factories — Sweetwater-An Historic Commercial Center —

6 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Tellico Plains — The Tennessee Overhill Experience — From Furs to Factories —

7 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Vonore — Overhill Fur & Hide Trade — The Tennessee Overhill Experience-From Furs to Factories —

8 ► Tennessee, Polk County, Benton — Nancy Ward —

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9 ► Tennessee, Polk County, Ducktown — The Tennessee Overhill Experience — From Furs to Factories — Mining in the Copper Basin —

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