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Tuckasegee Wesleyan Church, Tuckasegee, NC
Tuckasegee may refer to: * Tuckasegee River, tributary of the Little Tennessee River in western North Carolina * Tuckasegee, North Carolina Tuckasegee ( chr, ᏛᎧᏏᎩ, translit=Dvkasigi), named after the historic Cherokee town of that name located near here, is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. It followed the earlier Cherokee town as ..., unincorporated community in Jackson County See also * Tuckasegee darter, a species of darter fish * Tuskegee (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuckasegee River
The Tuckasegee River (variant spellings include Tuckaseegee and Tuckaseigee) flows entirely within western North Carolina. It begins its course in Jackson County above Cullowhee at the confluence of Panthertown and Greenland creeks. It flows in a northwesterly direction into Swain County, where the Oconaluftee flows into it before the Tuckaseegee heads northwest. The county seat, Bryson City developed along both sides of the Tuckaseegee, and Bryson City Island Park was developed. The river next enters Fontana Lake, formed by the Fontana Dam upriver on the Little Tennessee River. The Tuckaseegee ultimately flows as a tributary into the Little Tennessee River below the lake. The name Tuckasegee may be an anglicization or transliteration of the Cherokee word ''daksiyi''— akhšiyiin the local Cherokee variety, meaning 'Turtle Place.' Several Cherokee towns developed along the river, including Kituwa, believed to be the "mother town" of the Cherokee. It developed around an eart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuckasegee, North Carolina
Tuckasegee ( chr, ᏛᎧᏏᎩ, translit=Dvkasigi), named after the historic Cherokee town of that name located near here, is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. It followed the earlier Cherokee town as developing on the upper Tuckaseegee River, at the confluence of its East and West forks. Today North Carolina Highway 107 and North Carolina Highway 281 intersect at this community, southeast of Forest Hills. Tuckasegee has its own post office and a couple of gas stations/convenience stores. The rest of the community has residences. History This area was part of the Cherokee homelands and had been inhabited for thousands of years by ancestral indigenous peoples. Numerous Cherokee towns developed along the Tuckasegee River, including their ancient "mother town" of Kituwa, believed to have been their original settlement (it is located downriver in present-day Swain County). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuckasegee Darter
The Tuckasegee darter (''Etheostoma gutselli'') is a species of ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae which includes the perches, ruffes and pike-perches. It is endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the headwaters of the Little Tennessee River and some tributaries to the Pigeon River in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ... and extreme northeastern Georgia. It inhabits fast rocky riffles of creeks and small rivers. References Etheostoma Fish described in 1932 {{Percidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |