MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A Monroe County man is doing his part to preserve history in East Tennessee. Richard Holmes has been repairing, replacing and cleaning tombstones on the graves of ...

History, musical heritage ... into the prehistory of Native American Tennessee (the state’s name derives from Tanasi, a Cherokee village in Monroe County). Indigenous tourism across the state ...

Contributed photo / Nancy and Al Davila, of Monroe County, Tenn., recently worked with The Land Trust for Tennessee to conserve 81 acres of mountain land adjacent to the Cherokee National Forest.