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To reach these town sites, Chota and Tanasi: Continue southeast along TN 360 to the intersection of TN 360 and Monroe County Road 455.TN 360 turns right toward Tellico Plains.Go straight at this intersection, following Monroe County Road 455 for 5 miles.Just past a brown and white sign for the Chota and Tanasi memorials, Bacon Ferry Road turns to the left, then skirts along the bend in the Little Tennessee River that was once home to the town of Tanasi and Chota. Bacon Ferry Road passes the Tanasi memorial (0.8 miles from Monroe County Road 455) and ends in a cul-de-sac with parking lot at the Chota memorial pedestrian trailhead.";
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To reach Citico from Chota:
Drive on Bacon Ferry Road back to Monroe County Road 455. Turn left (east) onto Monroe County Road 455 and continue to Monroe Country Road 464 (Mount Pleasant Road). Turn left and travel approximately 0.5 mile until Tellico Lake is in plain view (boat ramp/parking lot on left); this expanse of water covers the former town site of Citico.";
direc002Txt = direc002Txt + "To reach Tellico Plains via this trace:
Backtrack along Monroe Country 464 (Mt. Pleasant Road) to the Monroe Country Road 455 intersection turn right. Travel west on Monroe Country Road 455 to intersection with TN 360Turn left and proceed on TN 360 to a stop sign. (At this point TN 360 turns left.)Turn right onto Monroe Country Road 401.Travel less than a mile to Monroe County Road 701 (Belltown Road)Turn left and you will be traveling south about 5 miles toward Cane Creek Baptist Church.Pass through a cluster of old 640-acre reservation tracts from the 1819 Calhoun Treaty. ";
direc002Txt = direc002Txt + "Immediately past Cane Creek Baptist Church, turn right onto Monroe Country Road 701 (Belltown Mill Road). In 0.25 mile, cross the bridge over Cane Creek.";
direc002Txt = direc002Txt + "Immediately to your right is the site of the ambush of the Fort Loudoun Garrison, in the middle of the old Katy Harlan reservation (this is private property). ";
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In about 3 miles, intersect with TN 360 and turn right.In about fifty yards, TN 360 makes a sharp left curve toward the south. The old town sites of Great Tellico and Chatuga are located in the river bottom to the right. TN 360 intersects with TN 165 Bypass in Tellico Plains. Turn right onto TN 165 to reach downtown Tellico Plains and TN 68.";
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var direc003Txt = "Location
Ballplay Road (TN 360) on the eastern side of Tellico Plains, south of the intersection with Belltown Mill Road. The sites of Great Tellico and Chatuga are privately owned and are not available to public entry; these are best viewed as landscape sites during the driving tour.";
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To follow the Warriors’ Path to Hiwassee:
Continue southward on TN 360 (Ballplay Road) to its juncture with TN 165 Bypass in the town of Tellico Plains. Turn right (west) on TN 165 Bypass to the intersection with TN 68. Turn right on TN 68 and drive northwest) .5 miles to the intersection of TN 39 (Old Mecca Pike) and drive through the scenic Conasauga Creek Valley around the end of Starr Mountain.";
direc004Txt = direc004Txt + "Near the community of Mecca, TN 39 veers to the right: continue straight on TN 310 through the communities of Mecca and Conasauga to arrive at US 411 in Etowah, Tennessee.";
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The old town site is located on the north side of the Hiwassee River along US 411, approximately 7 miles south of Etowah, Tennessee. The site occupies both sides of the highway, and covers an estimated 425 acres. The East Tennessee Nursery office is located in the midst of the site on the west side of US 411; the driveway entrance leading to the nursery office is clearly marked.";
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var direc006Txt = "In recognition of the historic significance of the Unicoi Turnpike, the Whitehouse Millennium Council designated a 68-mile segment of the old road from Chota, Tennessee to Murphy, North Carolina as a National Millennium Trail. The US Forest Service, the Trail of Tears Association, the Cherokee Heritage Trail Initiative, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indins are collaborating to develop an integrated system of interpretative displays and a well-marked pedestrian and driving corridor along the 68-mile trail, as there is currently very little interpretive development of the trail and associated sites, nor are public access points clearly delineated at present.
www.milleniumtrails.org";
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var direc007Txt = "Location
You can trace the Unicoi Turnpike by driving and hiking.Beginning at Vonore, follow the Overhill Towns Driving Loop (via TN 360) to Tellico Plains. Between Chota and Tellico Plains, traces of the old turnpike are most evident along Little Toqua Creek, Ballplay Road and Belltown Road. At Tellico Plains, follow TN 68 south to the Coker Creek community. Once the highway ascends the grade it coincides with the old turnpike route; near Long Ridge Baptist Church 9about 6.9 miles from Tellico Plains remnants of the turnpike roadbed are visible along the east side of TN 68. At Coker Creek Baptist Church (8.6 miles south of Tellico Plains)";
direc007Txt = direc007Txt + "the turnpike veers southeastward across private land at the site of old For Armistead (1832-38) and Merony’s Stand to cross Coker Creek before rejoining Joe Brown Highway (Monroe Country Road 618). Continue south on TN 68 another 0.6 mile to the intersection with Joe Brown Highway and Hot Water Road. Turn left onto Joe Brown Highway and proceed southeast to follow the Unicoi Turnpike across the Unaka Mountains. The Joe Brown Highway begins as a narrow hard-surfaced road, but within 1 mile becomes a single lane gravel track with occasional bedrock outcrops and other irregularities.";
direc007Txt = direc007Txt + "It is easily passable to automobiles, but drivers should proceed carefully at low to moderate speeds. Vehicles larger than full-sized vans may have difficulty negotiating hairpin turns on the road. A steep foot trail leads up the bank on the western side of the gap. A short climb up this trail rewards visitors with access to a well-preserved section of the turnpike, a deeply entrenched wagon trace leading down the Tennessee side.";
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