Elizabethton (Tennessee) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Tennessee, United States
About Elizabethton (Tennessee)
Elizabethton has to be one of those places that holds a special place in the discussion of American expansion. It was in this general area that restless European colonists inching westward from the Thirteen Colonies slowly pushed the native Cherokee and other Native American tribes out to form the Republic of Watauga. Then a land speculator named Richard Henderson carved out a deal known as the Transylvania Transaction with the Cherokee at Sycamore Shoals/Fort Watauga here and added half of present day Kentucky to the United States' domain, a development that Daniel Boone opened up to settlement through creation of the Wilderness Road via the Cumberland Gap. Besides this, another scout named James Robertson advanced westward to establish Fort Nashborough, the antecedent to Nashville. Thus,
Top Attractions in Elizabethton (Tennessee)
Explore the best things to see and do in Elizabethton (Tennessee):
- ★Carter Mansion
- ★Elizabethton Covered Bridge
- ★Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
Where to Stay in Elizabethton (Tennessee)
- 🏨Bee Cliff Cabins
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