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Pages in category "Hiwassee College alumni" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Jake Butcher; H.
Hiwassee College was a private college in Madisonville, Tennessee. Founded in 1849, the college offered associate degrees as well as bachelor's degrees . The majority of its associate degree graduates went on to complete bachelor's degrees elsewhere.
Alison Bechdel (/ ˈ b ɛ k d əl / BEK-dəl; [1] born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist.Originally known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir Fun Home.
Pages in category "Hiwassee Tigers men's basketball players" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Prior to the arrival of the first European settlers, the area where Charleston and Bradley County is located was occupied by the Cherokee. [3] The land north of the Hiwassee River, located less than 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the heritage center, was purchased by the U.S. government from the Cherokee Nation in 1819, and in 1821, the Indian Agency was moved to present-day Charleston a short ...
East Tennesseans felt the state had squandered the proceeds from the sale of land in the Hiwassee District (1819) on a failed state bank, rather than on badly needed internal improvements. [25] It wasn't until 1828 that a steamboat, the Atlas, managed to navigate Muscle Shoals and make it upriver to Knoxville. River improvements in the 1830s ...
Great Hiwassee (Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏩᏏ ᎢᏆᎭ, romanized: Ayvwasi Egwaha) was an important Overhill settlement from the late 17th through the early 19th centuries. It was located on the Hiwassee River in present-day Polk County, Tennessee , on the north bank of the river where modern U.S. Route 411 crosses the river.
The name Hiwassee is derived from the Cherokee word Ayuhwasi, meaning "savanna" or "large meadow". The name has been applied to several entities past and present in ...