The self-proclaimed State of Franklin broke away from North Carolina and attempted an experiment at self-rule, in a dispute over land grants and sovereignty . In June 1784, the North Carolina state government agreed to cede three of its western counties to the...
Dr. Jack Wynn, professor of anthropology at North Georgia College and State University called the Unicoi Highway “one of the first interstate highways in the Southeast.” In March, 1813, 21 Cherokee leaders agreed to the idea of laying out and opening the road that...
