Chattanooga history

The Chattanooga History Center had a great program tonight. It’s the first of a 5-part series of lectures on the history of Chattanooga (isn’t that surprising). The lecturer covered a lot of territory/time. He started with why there has been settlement in this area since the earliest peoples. This is because of the river and its providing the easiest means of transport for early man.

He took us through the coming of the Europeans and the American Revolution and through the tragedy that was the Trail of Tears - the removal of the Cherokee peoples from their lands in the TN/GA/NC/SC area. Click here for the official web site of the Cherokee Nation.


The Cherokees were the only native people who had a written language. This was devised by their great leader, Sequoyah.

The lecturer says he will take us through the Civil War next week.