James Robertson (explorer)
American
Architect - AsNotedIn
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1770/00/00 | 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. | Explorer | Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area | Elizabethton | |||
| 1779/00/00 | James Robertson leads an overland expedition composed of men, goods and horses and other livestock through the Cumberland Gap and Kentucky, then south into what is now Nashville, Tennessee. | Leader | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park | Tennessee | A Great Leap Westward | ||
| 1779/00/00 | James Robertson leads an overland expedition composed of men, goods and horses and other livestock through the Cumberland Gap and Kentucky, then south into what is now Nashville, Tennessee. | Leader | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park | Kentucky | A Great Leap Westward | ||
| 1780/04/17 | John Donelson meets up with James Robertson at Big Salt Lick and establishes Fort Nashborough, this will eventually become Nashville. A compass and a desk belonging to Donelson that were brought down the river from Wautauga can be found at Cleveland Hall. | Work | Nashville, TN | Tennessee | A Great Leap Westward | ||
| 1780/04/17 | John Donelson meets up with James Robertson at Big Salt Lick and establishes Fort Nashborough, this will eventually become Nashville. A compass and a desk belonging to Donelson that were brought down the river from Wautauga can be found at Cleveland Hall. | Work | Cleveland Hall | Nashville, TN | A Great Leap Westward |
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