Near the entrance to Southern Mill Estates are some stones.  These stones are not random, they are the remains of the dam on Cane Creek. All that was part of an old mill that created flour and meal for the Choestoe (rabbit) settlement.  Named the Southern...

In a small article in the Cherokee Phoenix Newspaper on January 7, 1829, which was a Wednesday by the way, you will find a resolution by the House of Representatives.   This article states that the Secretary of War be directed to lay before the House a report...

The history in this area just fascinates me and fortunately I have a friend that is native born and likes it when I do some research to talk about here. In the recollections of Jack Hilderbrand in the summer of 1908, he recounts how his father was sent here by the...

Before the Europeans came, western North Carolina had no lakes, what we have now are manmade. You hear the Cherokee story tellers talk of “going to the water”, this is a ritual where every morning regardless of the season Cherokees would go to the river to pray and...

Hard to believe the Removal of the Cherokee that lived in our area began some 179 years ago.  The reminders are all around us in our everyday lives.  All North Georgia was part of the Cherokee territory, I understand I-20 is where the border would have been.  Above...

If you are considering buying a property in North Carolina but have no knowledge of the legal and institutional rules and regulations, you have stumbled upon the right article! We will explain the North Carolina buying process in detail for your convenience....

Doing research on a history that is not your own can become confusing but remarkably interesting. A resource I love to read is Dr. Lisa Christiansen. Her father, from the Wolf Clan of the eastern band of the United Keetoowah Band of the Cherokee, was documented as one...