• of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee: Hiwassee Lake, the reservoir created by Hiwassee Dam Hiwassee River, a tributary of the Tennessee River in...
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  • Hiwassee College was a private liberal arts college in Madisonville, Tennessee. Founded in 1849, the college offered associate degrees as well as bachelor's...
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    The Hiwassee River originates from a spring on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows...
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    Hiwassee Lake is a man-made reservoir in Cherokee County, North Carolina. It lies along the Hiwassee River created by the Hiwassee Dam which finished construction...
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  • Hiwassee Island, also known as Jollys Island and Benham Island, is located in Meigs County, Tennessee, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee...
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    Hiwassee Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of three dams on the river...
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    35°14′27″N 84°33′49″W / 35.24085°N 84.56361°W / 35.24085; -84.56361 Great Hiwassee (Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏩᏏ ᎢᏆᎭ, romanized: Ayvwasi Egwaha) was an important Overhill...
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    Hiwassee Dam High School (HDHS) in Murphy, North Carolina serves grades 9–12 and is one of three high schools in Cherokee County Schools. It is the westernmost...
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    Hiwassee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 264. "Hiwassee". Geographic...
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    Creek, Ranger, and Hiwassee Dam. These three schools taught K-8. On January 18, 2024, Cherokee County's school board voted to move Hiwassee Dam Elementary...
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    perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi, which means meadow, (A variant spelling, "Hiwassee," is used for the local river and some other Appalachian place names.)...
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  • USS Hiwassee (AOG-29) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the...
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    Murphy, North Carolina (category Populated places on the Hiwassee River)
    North Carolina, United States. It is situated at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Valley rivers. It is the westernmost county seat in the state of North...
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  • The Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA is an American Viticultural Area that includes land in three counties of northern Georgia and two counties of western...
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  • The Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park is a Tennessee state park in Polk County, Tennessee, United States, that provides access to the Hiwassee and...
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  • section of the Hiwassee River, and as a result creates large lakes near the Interstate where creeks run into the Hiwassee. The Hiwassee River bridges are...
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    Zone. In the late 1930s, Hiwassee Dam was built in northwest Cherokee County by the Tennessee Valley Authority, creating Hiwassee Lake. It is the highest...
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    part of US U.S. Route 64). In the 1840s and 1850s, Ducktown was called Hiwassee or Hiawassee, after the Cherokee name for a major river in the area. This...
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  • Cambarus parrishi, the Hiwassee headwaters crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in Georgia and North Carolina. Cordeiro...
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    Hiwassee is a small village in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, which sits next to the Hiwassee Dam and the artificially created Hiwassee...
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  • Kentucky Lake Tributary dams and reservoirs include: Apalachia Dam on the Hiwassee River forms Apalachia Reservoir Blue Ridge Dam dams the Toccoa River, forming...
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    years of indigenous cultures. The portion of Polk County north of the Hiwassee River was ceded by the Cherokee Nation to the US in the Calhoun Treaty...
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  • a stream in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a tributary to the Hiwassee River. Grape Creek was named for the wild grapes which once abounded there...
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    Great Hiwassee along the Hiwassee River to the south. In 1819, the Cherokee signed the Calhoun Treaty, selling the land north of the Hiwassee (including...
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    community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Reliance is located on the Hiwassee River at the junction of Tennessee State Route 30 and Tennessee State Route...
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    Chatuge Dam (category Dams on the Hiwassee River)
    Chatuge Dam is a flood control and hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Clay County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The dam is the uppermost...
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    Crockett Birthplace Fall Creek Falls Fort Loudoun Frozen Head Harrison Bay Hiwassee/Ocoee Indian Mountain Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail Lamar Alexander...
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    to Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park to transfer. The 50-mile (80 km) excursion goes east along the Hiwassee River and through the Hiwassee Gorge...
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  • incorporated under special act of Tennessee on February 19, 1836 as the Hiwassee Rail Road Company. The company built 81.23 miles (130.73 km) of 5 ft (1...
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    Conasauga Cowee Coyotee Crowtown Dirt town Ducktown Etowah Frogtown Hiwassee Hiwassee Island Island town Isunigu Joara Keowee Kituwa Kulsetsiyi Long Swamp...
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