Tellico Plains Area Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 627, Tellico Plains, Tn. 37385
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Tellico Plains Area Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 627, Tellico Plains, Tn. 37385
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About Tellico Plains, Tennnessee
Welcome to the friendly little town of Tellico Plains, a busy little mountain town, nestled in the shadow of Tellico Mountain and Unicoi Mountain, right near the Tennessee/North Carolina state lines, and one county above Georgia/Tennessee state line. That puts us in the far southeast corner of Tennessee, down in the PRETTY section, at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains, and right above the Blue Ridge Mountains. Cherohala Skyway goes right by our town of 800 people, we have a small shopping center, a doctor, a dentist, a veterinarian, lots of arts and craft shops,cabins, bed and breakfast sites, campgrounds, several restaurants, and plenty of fishing, hiking, and just plain exploring for you adventuresome folks. We've got small grocery stores here too, but if you want larger stores, you'll have to go 15 miles north to our county seat at Madisonville.
If you're really brave, try kayaking our beautiful Tellico River (17 miles of white water stream); in the rainy season, it's a real challenge.
If you're into waterfalls, look for 100 ft. high Bald River Falls,(see photo above) ten miles east of town inside the Cherokee National Forest, accessible by forest service highway 210, can be seen from your car and it's FREE. Seven miles beyond that is the state game and fish hatchery, also free, open from sunrise to sunset.There are more than 12 other waterfalls here too, you have to ask how to find them though.
This is a historical area too, being the location of the Unicoi Turnpike, oldest toll road in the nation. THis was also the area where Sam Houston spent a lot of his boyhood days, playing with the Cherokee Indians here, later establishing a school near Maryville. It was the site of the Tribal counil gathering grounds of the Cherokee Indian before the terrible march to Oklahoma, also where the Native Americans established a metal foundry before the Civil War. There's lots more, just not enough room or time to put in here, give us a call or write us for more information.
You should see the huge Christmas tree on our town square - the lights were turned on it yesterday, and it's really pretty - several of the businesses downtown have participated in lighting their businesses - drive downtown to see how pretty downtown is.
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Help from the Chamber
If you're needing information, give us a phone call, if we don't have it, we'll try to get it for you, our phone number is 423 253 9246 (remember WAGOn if you forget the numbers)or you can email us at tellicochamber@aol.com
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For more information, phone 423 253 WAGOn (9246)
If you're wondering why we used WAGOn in our phone, it represents the wagontrain which used to go from Tellico Plains to Robbinsville, to establish a need for a new road, which we finally got in 1996, the Cherohala Skyway. It was started by a group of business members in Tellico Plains back in the 50's and continued for years. Charles Hall, mayor at that time, was wagonmaster for many years. Sam Stamey is our current mayor.
Our car show which was held on November 9 was a great success, with cars from all over the county and even from Georgia participating. The overall winner was a beautiful Mustang car belonging to Mike Akins of Tellico Plains. Several people from Sweetwater brought their cars. A candlelight walk is being planned for December 7 in downtown Tellico by the artists on Scott Street. These are always held on the third Saturday of the month.
The Tellico Plains Christmas parade is December 14, beginning at 3 pm, starting at Ed Frye's home on Ballplay Road.
The Sav A Lot grocery store, which had closed temporarily because of fire, has reopened for business.
The new welcome center is well under way, and is adjacent to the museum being built by former Mayor Charles Hall, near the library on Cherohala Skyway.
The Tellico Plains Area Chamber of Commerce has recently joined the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce, look them up for more information too at 423 442 4588.
If you're looking for a good map, and it's FREE, call the United States Forest Service at 423 253 2520 - they have a good one of the national forest.
We noticed that the Sunflower Inn has a new sign installed, really looks nice. J&M Produce, operated by our president Mel Hanes, had some awfully nice pumpkins for Thanksgiving. The chamber also has plans to put out a small newsletter so that those of you who don't have computers will be able to read what we're doing. If you'd like a brochure about Tellico Plains, give us a call or email us.
If you have news from the community you'd like to see here, please give the chamber a call. We're manned by volunteer staff, so you may get an answering machine, but be sure to leave a message.
See ya in the next newsletter, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you.
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