Established by James Houston in 1785, it stood about 300 yards
east on Little Nine Mile Creek. From here, in 1786, John Sevier
led 160 horsemen against the Cherokee towns. In 1788, the Kirk
family was massacred about 3 miles south; shortly thereafter, 31
men from the fort were killed in the nearby Citico apple orchard,
by the Cherokee, whose later attack on the fort was repulsed by
troops stationed there. The Great War Path passed close by.
US129, 4.2 miles from junction with US 411. Blount County Tennessee
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