Cheap Things To Do in Del Rio, Tennessee

Apparent swimming places marked by well-used turn outs in road (RT 25) along French Broad River East of Newport. More on SwimmingHoles.info

This out-and-back follows the French Broad River. The surface of Paint Rock Road -- pavement for the first mile and a half, gravel the rest of the way -- lies on top of an ancient trading route use... More on Trails

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Inscription. This fort, one of only two known remaining blockhouses in Tennessee, was built about 1787 by James Swaggerty for protection from the Indians. Located on land of his Uncle Abraham Swaggerty, it consists of three levels. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Located .2 mi. east on the Big Pigeon River is a strategic crossing used by the Cherokees. In Aug. 1782, Gen. Charles McDowell of Burke Co. North Carolina, raised an army of five hundred mounted militia from Morgan District ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Born in Newport on October 13, 1870, Hooper was a successful Cocke County attorney. He was elected governor and served two terms, 1911-15. His election is attributed to the influence of fusion, the coalition of the prohibition ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Born in a house 500 yards south, he attended W & L University and V. M. I. Enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, August, 1914: incapacitated for infantry service by wounds, May 1915. Transferring to the French Air Force, ... More on HMDB

"Cocke county was named for Gen. William Cocke, a native of Virginia, and an emigrant to Holston. He has been repeatedly mentioned as having participated in the military, civil, legislative and Jud... More on Tngenweb.org

Inscription. Side A Jefferson County, Established 1792: named in honor of, Thomas Jefferson: Secretary of State; formerly member of the Continental Congress; principal author of the Declaration of ... More on HMDB