Beechwood HallBeechwood Hall is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Cocke County Memorial BuildingCocke County Memorial Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Elm HillElm Hill is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Governor Ben Walter Hooper 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 electi... [click for more]
Kiffin Yates RockwellBorn 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 infant... [click for more]
Rhea-Mims HotelRhea-Mims Hotel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
The War FordLocated .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 Car... [click for more]
Whitson’s FortAbout 2 miles northeast, south of the mouth of Cosby's Creek, William Whitson, Jr., established a fort on the east bank of Pigeon River in 1783. It wa... [click for more]
