Sycamore Shoals Ford

Places of Interest Nearby

Fort Watauga

Fort

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Fort Watauga, also known as Fort Caswell, was a fortification located in the Watauga River's Sycamore Shoals near modern-day Elizabethton, Tennessee. It was constructed from 1775 to 1776 by the Watauga Association, a semi-autonomous government founded by American settlers living near the river, to defend the settlers against attacks from British-allied Indians. Fort Watauga is situated 620 feet east of Sycamore Shoals Ford.

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area

Park

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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The park consists of 70 acres situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general, took place.

Bonnie Kate Theatre

Theater building

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Bonnie Kate Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 2½ miles east of Sycamore Shoals Ford.

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Elizabethton

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Elizabethton is a city of 13,5000 people in Eastern Tennessee. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government west of the Eastern Continental Divide and of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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