Chief Saunooke’s Trading Post

Chief Saunooke’s Trading Post is a retail building in Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina. Chief Saunooke’s Trading Post is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Cherokee Riverfront RV Park, as well as near the university WCU Cherokee Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Kituwah Academy and Mountain Farm Museum.

New Kituwah Academy

School

The New Kituwah Academy, also known as the Atse Kituwah Academy, is a private bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school for Cherokee students in kindergarten through sixth grade, located in Cherokee, North Carolina, in the Yellow Hill community of the Qualla Boundary. New Kituwah Academy is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Chief Saunooke’s Trading Post.

Mountain Farm Museum

Museum

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mountain Farm Museum is situated 1 mile north of Chief Saunooke’s Trading Post.

Oconaluftee Visitor Center

Tourism office

Photo: Warren LeMay, CC0.

Oconaluftee Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 1 mile north of Chief Saunooke’s Trading Post.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ravensford and Cherokee.

Ravensford

Hamlet

Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina. This is within the traditional homeland of the Cherokee people. In a survey and excavation project in the early 21st century, part of the community was found to have archeological resources that were thousands of years old, in addition to more recent historic materials related to the Cherokee people.