Chickamauga Timeline
Historical Photos of Chickamaugan Places

Historic Fort Loudon, at the junction of the Tellico and Little Tennessee Rivers, was built around 1756-57 on land given to the English by the Overhill Cherokee. This strategic outpost was the limit of the far west expansion of the English Colonies. Built to defend the Cherokee against their enemies, ironically, around 1760 the fort was besieged by the Cherokee and abandoned by the English.


James White Fort overlooks a strategic bend of the Tennessee River. The original block house constructed in 1786 was the first building in this location. The grounds were later enclosed to become a fort. In 1790-91 Governor William Blount declared the town, named Knoxville after Secretary of War Henry Knox, Capital of the Territory South of the Ohio River



Tellico Block House Site, at the junction of the Tellico & Little Tennessee Rivers, was not far from Chota the capital of the Cherokee Nation. Here early traders and the Cherokee swapped goods. A large indian settlement grew next to this trade center and is now under the waters of the Tellico Lake between the Block House Site & Old Fort Loudon.



South-West Point at the junction of the Tennessee & Clinch Rivers, near the town of Kingston, was built around 1792. Settlers and travelers were pouring into Tennessee and constant skirmishes with the Cherokee led the U.S. government to construct the fort for their protection. The garrison was under the command of General John Sevier until it was abandoned around 1807.


The Memorial at Old Echota on the Tennessee River near Maryville, Tennessee

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