Emery Road Traditional Cache
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Emery Road historical marker is placed at the origin of Emery road. At one time, this was the longest road in the United States.
Thanks to Rudekoolaid for doing a replacement of the cache. The following information is from a web page on the history of Blaine. "The Tennessee Historical Commission has erected this historical marker in Blaine, near the intersection of 11w and Emory Road declaring an important earlier historical significance of the crossroad that led to the establishment of Sheild's Station. When settlers arrived, all of Tennessee and Kentucky were part of a game reserve shared by several tribes. No permanent settlements were allowed in this area. It was used solely for hunting, trade, and to settle disputes among the tribes. In 1787 the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill authorizing militiamen to cut and clear a road west to the Cumberland Settlement (Nashville). This early pioneer settlement route was at various times called "The North Carolina Road", "Avery's Trace", and "Emery Road". It started in Blaine, Tennessee on the south side of Clinch Mountain and cleared a path northwestward through present-day Oak Ridge and other communities en route, to end at Nashville. Previously, the more beaten paths took advantage of American Indian war-paths and trading routes that culminated at Cumberland Gap, led into Kentucky, then veered south again into Tennessee. This route through Kentucky is known as the "Wilderness Road". Emery Road was a much more direct route but trespassing through this area was forbidden as it led through a portion of the shared Indian game reserved claimed by the Cherokee. After the Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company's treaty with the Cherokee in 1775, Chief Dragging Canoe is said to have warned his fellow Indians against the sale of Cherokee lands, foretelling that the White Men would not be satisfied and would continue to ask for more until the Cherokee were driven away from the hunting grounds and into oblivion, like the Delaware before them. The sale proceeded against his advisement. Richard Henderson then asked for additional road through Cherokee lands. Chief Dragging Canoe was furious and told the newcomers they have gotten what they came for but it will prove to be a "A Dark and Bloody Land" and for the next two decades or so, he and his followers did their best to make it so. In addition to Dragging Canoe's objections, other tribes objected to the sale of their shared hunting grounds, saying that the Cherokee didn't have the right to sell it as it was also claimed by the other tribes. This led to frequent attacks on the settlements in this area by angry members of the various Indian tribes." The cache is hidden across the street from the historical marker sign. Look for a small container with room for a log only. Bring your own pen. You can park right next to the cache.
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