Tuckaleechee Villages - Townsend, TN
N 35° 40.839 W 083° 47.162
17S E 247860 N 3952105
Tuckaleechee Villages Historical Marker - Townsend, TN
Waymark Code: WMCDFR
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2011
Views: 13
Marker Text:
Near here was one of these three Cherokee villages, unoccupied when settlers arrived about 1791. A branch of the Great War and Trading Path forked here, one to North Carolina, the other to villages on the Little Tennessee. The Virginia trader, Vaughn used it in 1740.
Marker Name: Tuckaleechee Villages
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Monument
Marker Number: 1E 15
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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