Cherokee Indian Removal

In the early 1800's Cherokees of this area were under the leadership of Doublehead and Tahlonteskee. After Doublehead's assassination in 1807, Tahlonteskee notified President Jefferson that he and his people were ready to move west. In 1808 Tahlonteskee and 1,130 ...

Cherokee County Confederate Monument

Our Confederate Soldiers

[North Inscription]

"Lest we Forget"

[South Inscription]

Though men deserve

they may not win success.

The brave will honor

the brave vanquished

none the less.

[Footstone]

This tablet in memoriam

Moses Wood

Erected by Moses Wood Chapter U.D.C.

1932

Marker is on South Limestone Street (Route 150) near East Buford Street, ...

The Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field in Cherokee County

The 1st Deep Mine, Scammonville, KS

In 1874 four brothers from Illinois, the Scammon brothers, pioneered new methods of mining coal in southeastern Kansas, digging the first mine shaft in Cherokee County. Although many doubted that their room-and-pillar system would work ...

The Cherokee Club

"El Pasaje"

The second brick building erected in Ybor City.

The Cherokee Club was a popular rendezvous for

the elite in the 1890's. Later became known as El

Pasaje Restaurant. Its fame spread throughout

the Americas.

Jose Marti slept here on his first trip, Nov.25,1891.

Before ...

Cherokee

First placer camp in East Belt section of Mother Lode. Gold discovered here in 1853 by Scott brothers, descendants of Cherokee Indians. Scars of placer “diggings” in every little arroyo in Cherokee Valley healed over by Mother Nature later replaced ...

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower

"Dedicated to Veterans of All Wars"

1919 • Donated thru civic contributions

Mrs. C.E. Bartlett, Chairperson

1955 • Removed from old courthouse

1983 • Rediscovered & refurbished

by Mr. Starr Smith

1988 • Donated & rededicated to all

Cherokee County Veterans

by Starr & Eugenia Smith

"We pledge to ...

The Cherokee Path

[Front Side]:

The main trading path to the Cherokee Nation paralleled the route of Highway 11 for several miles at this point. This section of the path was used by travelers going from Keowee, the main Lower Town of the Cherokees, ...

Cherokee Boundary (1777)

[Front Side]:

The Cherokee sided with the British during the American Revolution, and in 1776 Maj. Andrew Williamson's S.C. militia destroyed their "Lower Towns" in what is now S.C. He then cooperated with the N.C. militia in expeditions against the Cherokees ...

Tenasee Cherokee Village

Near here on the bank of the now-flooded Little Tennessee River was the Cherokee Indian village of Tenasee. Probably established in the 17th century, by 1753 it had been overshadowed by Chota, the principal political center during the latter half ...

Site - Cherokee Baptist College

On Chapman Hill; a school for boys established Jan. 1854. A large three-story brick bldg. flanked by two-story wings. Burned 1856; rebuilt 1857, destroyed by

Federal forces Oct. 12, 1864.

This, & the Methodist Female College 3/4 mi. N.E., were the first ...