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Elizabethton (/ ə ˈ l ɪ z ə b ɛ θ t ə n / [7]) is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. [8] Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government (known as the Watauga Association, created in 1772) located west of both the Eastern Continental Divide and the original Thirteen Colonies.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The park consists of 70 acres (28.3 ha) situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general ...
October 15, 1966. Designated NHL. July 19, 1964. The Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, usually shortened to Sycamore Shoals, is a rocky stretch of river rapids along the Watauga River in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Archeological excavations have found Native Americans lived near the shoals since prehistoric times, and Cherokees gathered there.
Elizabethton Historic District (ID73001754 [1]) Designated CP. March 14, 1973. The Elizabethton Covered Bridge is a 134-foot (41 m) covered bridge over the Doe River in Elizabethton, the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee. The Elizabethton Covered Bridge was constructed in 1882 and connects 3rd Street and Hattie Avenue.
Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,356. [2] Its county seat is Elizabethton. [3] The county is named in honor of Landon Carter (1760–1800), an early settler active in the "Lost State of Franklin" 1784-1788 secession from the State of North Carolina.
Sabine Hill, also known as Happy Valley, Watauga Point, and the General Nathaniel Taylor House, is a historic house in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The two-story Federal style building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is an excellent example of federal architecture. It was threatened by demolition in 2007 when the ...
Fort Watauga. Coordinates: 36.34413°N 82.25421°W. The reconstructed Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. Fort Watauga, also known as Fort Caswell, was a fortification located in the Watauga River 's Sycamore Shoals near modern-day Elizabethton, Tennessee. It was constructed from 1775 to 1776 by the Watauga Association, a semi ...
The OVHT follows the route from Abingdon, Virginia at the Abingdon Muster Grounds, [2] fording the Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals through present day Elizabethton, Tennessee, crossing the Doe River twice near both Hampton, Tennessee and Roan Mountain, Tennessee, and ascending over the steep Unaka Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, on through South Carolina to the site of the Battle ...