Hayesville, North Carolina Cherokee Indians Quanassee Path.
Went to Hayesville, North Carolina for the Cherokee Heritage Festival. Only to find out that the Festival was cancelled due to the Coordinator canceling the event fearing Hurricane Affects. Hurricane was over 300 Miles Away on the North Carolina Coast which barely was a Hurricane and barely caused the massive flooding that was reported possible by the Media such as CNN and Fox News as well as North Carolina Governor and NOAA. Which terrified Senior Citizens and the Vulnerable who were suckered into these lies. Even if the Hurricane hit North Carolina their was no reason to cancel the event. Hayesville, NC is over 300 Miles from the North Carolina Coast surrounded by Unicoi Mountains and the Forest! At most even with a Hurricane on the East Coast the worst this area would have likely received was a passing downpour. North Carolina Governor Cooper, NOAA, Fox News, MSNBC and other Media Outlets. Should issue an immediate Apology for their Lying and Terrorizing Senior Citizens and the Vulnerable who masy be prone to believing their Fake News and should be Financially Liable.
The Hayesville Cultural Heritage Site
The Hayesville Cultural Heritage Site, a short documentary about the Cherokee Homestead Exhibit spearheaded by the Clay County Communities Revitalization Association (CCCRA). Produced by students in the courses Directing the Documentary and Non-Linear Editing, part of the Motion Picture and Television Production Program at Western Carolina University. Christy Conyers: director, producer, editor; Abigail Taylor: producer, cinematographer, editor; Cassidy Buxom: composer. Documentary personalities: CCCRA volunteers Sandy Nicolette and Rob Tiger '73; Davy Arch, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI); and Jane Eastman, WCU associate professor of anthropology. The filmmakers give special thanks to CCCRA, Sandy Nicolette, Rob Tiger, Summer Eckert, Jane Eastman, Arledge Armenaki, Jack Sholder, David Bennett, Grant Hengeveld, Hayesville Middle School, EBCI, Davy Arch, Jennifer Cooper and the WCU Center for Service Learning.
BRMT and Unspoken Tradition Celebrate Summer Concerts in Hayesville, NC
The Blue Ridge Music Trails are nestled within the North Carolina mountains and foothills, a region known for its spectacular beauty, moderate climate, Cherokee heritage, handmade crafts, small family farms, and, of course, its rich musical traditions. The geographic footprint of the Blue Ridge Music Trails consists of twenty-nine counties in the western third of the state.
Quanassee Trail - Spikebuck Mound - Hayesville, NC
This is the Quanassee Trail in Hayesville, NC. This short easy two-mile hike goes from the Cherokee Homestead Exhibit in Hayesville through the Botanical gardens beside 'Town Creek' and kept beautiful by the volunteers of the Clay County Historical and Arts Council to Spikebuck Mound a trading hub for Cherokee along the Hiwassee River. The trail cuts through a portion of the Clay Country Recreation Park that includes playgrounds for the kids, tennis courts, baseball fields, football fields and a pavilion you can... rent... All of this area was growing fields and orchards for the Cherokee when Quanassee was in it's heyday. You will find more information about the town below. You never know what you may find in your own backyard so...
Get Out There!
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The town of Hayesville, NC is located in the valley of the Cherokee's last stand before they were forced over the mountains and eventually onto their reservation. The town they had located here was called Quanassee in the early 1700's. The cultural center named today as Spikebuck Mound is at the end of the upcoming video. The mound still standing today on the bank of the Hiwassee River contained the townhouse, a combined civic center, council house, and temple that was the center of this thriving Cherokee town. Adjacent to the townhouse was an open plaza for ceremonies, games, and dances. Individual homes ringed the townhouse with circular homes for winter and rectangular homes for summer each with small corn shacks. Surrounding the town each individual in the town had a half-acre of orchard, gardens, which grew anything needed ranging from corn and squash to tobacco. Estimating establishment being as early as 1550 it once contained several hundred residents. In the early 1700's English traders built a 'factory' store and warehouse to trade with the Cherokee. The main route between the English settlement in South Carolina and the Cherokee towns in Tennessee passed through Quanassee, and the town became a bustling trade center. But the threat of attack during the Creek-Cherokee war between 1716-1752 left the town almost empty with only a hundred or so Cherokee staying behind. In 1725 a Coosa (Creek) war party 'cut off' Quanassee destroyed the town killed and enslaved the left behind Cherokee. The town was defunct until 1776 when Rutherford expedition forces campt at Quannasy Town on hywasey before razing the Cherokee Valley Towns. Baptist came to preach to citizens living in the area in the 1820's. The town of Hayesville was incorporated in 1913.