Fort Watauga - Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park - Elizabethton, Tennessee

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park protects the land that was the location of several important historical events that occurred in the late 18th century. Leaving the English colonies, settlers began arriving along the Watauga Old Fields, in search of a new life on what was Cherokee land. John Carter, one of the primary political, military and business leaders of this era, and his son Landon, built a home, the Carter Mansion, three miles from Sycamore Shoals. This structure is the oldest standing frame house in Tennessee and dates back to the mid to late 1770's.

In 1772, leaders in the settlement came together to establish “the first free and independent community on the continent,” four years prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Three years later, the largest private real estate transaction on our continent, the Transylvania Purchase, took place at this site, when Judge Richard Henderson negotiated an agreement with the Cherokee leaders. In reaction to this event, Fort Watauga was constructed in 1776 to protect the settlers from Cherokee attack.

On September 25, 1780, Sycamore Shoals became the muster site of the Overmountain Men, who set out to find British Major Patrick Ferguson, who had threatened to “hang your leaders and lay waste to your country with fire and sword.” The Overmountain Men defeated Ferguson in just over an hour in the epic Battle of King’s Mountain. Many historians believe that the actions of these men at Sycamore Shoals turned the tide of the American Revolution, and saved America from British rule and control.

Sycamore Shoals became a state park in 1976 but was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) ten years earlier on October 15, 1966. More information about the state park can be viewed here:
tnstateparks.com/parks/sycamore-shoals
More information about the listing on the NRHP can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/79be8bfc-4fe7-4f47-970...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/5.6, 44mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/5.6
Focal Length:	44mm
ISO:	400
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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