Photo by | The Cherokee town of Chota once stood on this site in eastern Tennes...
Photo by | The Cherokee town of Chota once stood on this site in eastern Tennes…
Photo by @sarah_stacke | The Cherokee town of Chota once stood on this site in eastern Tennessee. Several Cherokee leaders were born or raised in Chota, including Oconostota, whose remains were found during excavations in the 1970s. He was identified by reading glasses that were buried with him. Since 1979, almost all of Chota has been submerged by the Tellico Lake impoundment of the Little…
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