Originally inhabited by the indigenous Muscogee, the area was later settled by the Cherokee as the town of Great Tellico before the Indian Removal of the 1830s. Great Tellico and Tellico Plains is ...

Aniyunwiya “The Principle People” The Great Tellico (Talikwa) Chota Over The Hills The illustrious history of the Moytoy, OverHill Cherokees, and the monumental impact of their founding ...

Out at Tellico Plains, Mayor Charles Hall put a set ... based on the assumption that McCarthy’s Fort Monmouth foray was a great service to the U.S., but he soon dropped that line in favor ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. — Update (1:30 p.m.): All evacuation orders have been lifted as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Monroe County officials. While fire crews have controlled the fires ...

Wildfires have once again overtaken portions of East Tennessee. Local fire departments and the Tennessee National Guard are fighting several wildfires in Sevier County, near Gatlinburg, as well as ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. (WATE) — All evacuation orders have been lifted for Monroe County after crews were able to contain a wildfire near Tellico Plains. Wednesday morning, Monroe County Mayor ...