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Col. Townsend initially opposed the effort, but after some wavering, sold at base price 76,000 acres (310 km 2) of his Little River Lumber tract in 1926 to what would eventually become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [14] Townsend lived near Elkmont in a now-historic Swiss-style chalet he called Spindle Top, where he would die in 1936 ...
Late-18th century house built of locally-quarried dark marble 22: Friends Church: Friends Church: July 25, 1989 : 314 W. Broadway: Maryville: 23: Samuel George House: Samuel George House: January 27, 1982
The caverns were used by Cherokees in the 17th and 18th century, but they were re-discovered in the mid-19th century by sawmill employees in the area. The caverns were opened for tours in 1931 by Earl McCampbell, but the business shut down after one year due to economic impacts of the Great Depression.
What is today Blount County was for many thousands of years Indian territory, passed down to the Cherokee tribe that claimed the land upon the arrival of White settlers in the late 18th century. Shortly thereafter, on July 11, 1795, Blount County became the 10th county established in Tennessee, when the Territorial Legislature voted to split ...
In the early 18th century, an estimated 2100 Cherokee people inhabited more than sixteen towns east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and across the Piedmont plains in what was then considered Indian Country. [1] [2] [page needed] [3] [notes 1] Generally, European visitors noted only the towns with townhouses. Some of their maps included lesser ...
18th-century establishments in Tennessee (3 C) 0–9. 1790s in Tennessee (11 C) Y. Years of the 18th century in Tennessee (8 C) This page was last edited on 14 ...
The "setoff" house on display is a type of home commonly found in late-19th century logging towns, such as nearby Tremont and Elkmont. [ 12 ] The main gallery's Native American section contains artifacts dating from the Archaic (8000–2000 B.C.), Woodland (1000 B.C. – 1000 A.D.), and Mississippian (1000–1600 A.D.) periods, as well as from ...
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...