🧿 Tellico Blockhouse

United States · Americas · 35.60°N, 84.20°W

The Tellico Blockhouse was an early American outpost located along the Little Tennessee River in what developed as Vonore, Monroe County, Tennessee. Completed in 1794, the blockhouse was a US military outpost that operated until 1807; the garrison was intended to keep peace between the nearby Overhill Cherokee towns and encroaching early Euro-American pioneers in the area in the wake of the Cherokee–American wars.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	35.60°N, 84.20°W · view on map

Tellico Blockhouse is located in United States, in Americas.

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