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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1770/00/00 James Robertson (explorer) Explorer Explorer James Robertson identifies the alluring flatlands at Sycamore Shoals, known as the Watauga Old Fields, and leads a group of colonists to the area soon thereafter.
1775/00/00 Daniel Boone Work Richard Henderson and Daniel Boone negotiate the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, in which Henderson's Transylvania Company buys large parts of modern Kentucky and Tennessee from the Cherokee.
1775/00/00 Judge Richard Henderson Work Richard Henderson and Daniel Boone negotiate the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, in which Henderson's Transylvania Company buys large parts of modern Kentucky and Tennessee from the Cherokee.
1780/09/26 Rev Samuel Doak Minister Samuel Doak ministers to the Overmountain Men before they leave East Tennessee for King's Mountain, SC Battle of Kings Mountain

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
John and Landon Carter House

Data »

Particulars for Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area:
Criteria Consideration Commemorative property
Historic Use Conservation Area
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Cultural Affiliation Native American
Sight Category Site
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000721
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Native American, Exploration-settlement
Applicable Criteria: Event
Criteria Consideration: Commemorative property
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1775, c 1785
Historic Function: Government, Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Conservation area
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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