Fort Patrick Henry 1A41
Erected near here by Lt. Col. Wm. Russell in Sept. 1776, under orders of Col. William Christian, to serve the forces then successfully campaigning against the hostile Cherokee who had become allies of the British. Capt. Wm. Witcher's Company garrisoned the fort while other troops operated in the lower Indian country.

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Dodson's Ford 1B25
Just upriver in this ford, where the Great War and Trading Path crossed the Holston. John Honeycutt lived here in 1777. In October, 1780, the forces under Col. Arthur Campbell gathered here before going downriver to the attack on the Overhill Cherokee towns of Chota, Talequah, Tallassee, and others.

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The War Ford 1C66
Located .2 mile east on the Big Pigeon River is a strategic crossing used by the Cherokees. In August 1782, Gen. Charles McDowell of Burke Co., North Carolina, raised an army of five hundred mounted militia from Morgan District to cross the mountains, join Col. John Sevier's army of the same number from Washington District, and subdue the Indians who sided with the British. During this three-month campaign, one of the final skirmishes of the Revolutionary War was fought at this site.

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Yoakum's Station 1D19
The 1791 Holston Treaty prohibited settlers from entering the Cherokee lands in the Powell Valley, but Tennesseans holding North Carolina land grants moved into the area. President Washington directed the pioneers to leave the valley. Captains Richard Sparks and John Wade read the executive order to the settlers at Yoakum's Station, I mile southeast, in February 1797. The Treaty of Tellico (1798) resolved the controversy.

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The McMahan Indian Mound 1C69
This Mississippian substructure, 16 feet high and 240 feet in circumference, built during the Dallas phase (1200-1500), was first excavated in 1881, with artifacts being sent to the Smithsonian. Later excavations exposed nearby villages of the Woodland Indian dating from 200 A.D. to the Cherokee who roamed this valley when pioneers settled in the late 1700s.

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Henry's Station 1C43
Founded by Maj. Hugh Henry, it was 300 yards from here. On June 10, 1785, the Treaty of Dumplin Creek was signed here by commissioners of the State of Franklin and chiefs of the Cherokee Nation. Blount, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier Counties were opened to settlement. A monument at the spot gives other details.

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The Great Indian War Trail 1C12
A branch of the Great War & Trading Path came up the valley of this creek, named for a Virginia trader killed by Indians in 1775. Col. William Christian's punitive expedition used it in 1776, crossing the French Broad River. John Sevier broke Cherokee resistance at Cedar Springs in 1780. First settlers came in 1784.

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