Sycamore Shoals

ID: 2604
This file appears in: Cherokees in Kentucky

This postcard shows an artist's interpretation of the meeting between the Cherokees and the Transylvania Company at Sycamore Shoals on the Holston River. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Cherokees in Kentucky

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2410 in Stanford notes the role that Cherokee Indians played in the settlement of Kentucky, and thus the westward expansion of the United States. Cherokee Indians are believed to…