tellico blockhouse state historic site

Okay, so you guys might know that I reviewed Fort Loudoun, so I thought that a visit to the TB might be worth it ,and it was!!!! ~Aquamarine Mermaid~

Tellico Blockhouse was constructed by the United States in 1794 and was occupied until 1807. It stands across the Little Tennessee river, at the confluence of Nine Mile Creek, from Fort Loudoun, a British fort which was in ruins by the time the Blockhouse was erected. It served as a peacekeeping force between the Cherokees and the settlers, as a trading post, and as a factory where Cherokees could learn mechanical arts and spinning and weaving cloth. The present site only lays out the foundations of the original fort and its components. It was a very important site in the on-going relations between the newly formed United States and the Cherokees, who signed treaties here ceding tracts of land in Tennessee and Georgia. It should be included in any visit to Fort Loudoun. It has ample interpretative signs.