The Tellico Times

Introduction
Greetings Everyone...Welcome to the December issue of The Tellico Times, an online supplement to The Tellico Plains Mountain Press. The Tellico Plains Mountain Press can be accessed at www.telliquah.com.
We appreciate all of you looking in, be sure to come back often. We are adding a lot of new content as time goes by. Please view our Free Classified page and our paid Advertisers pages and the Business Directory. They make it possible for us to bring you the Tellico Times. Page links are on the left of the page. Check the Community Forum Page for local comments and people wanting information about relatives, and info on Tellico Plains. The Tellico Times is brought to you by Tellico Printing &
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Evening sky along the Cherohala Skyway.
Late Afternoon Sky along the Cherohala Skyway.

Local News & Events
Watch this section for local news and happenings. Also features on all those local characters that live in and around the area. We hope to include as much coverage on our town and county as possible. We will always give an independent and unbiased viewpoint! Email or contact us anytime.

Bald River Flooded in 2003.
Bald River Falls During 2003 Flood.

Forest Service Info Page

High Places
This section of the Times will bring you news, photos and information about the Cherokee National Forest and the surrounding natural beauty of Southeast Tennessee. Hiking and camping spots, trail information and hunting and fishing schedules and the weather for the Tellico District. .

United States Of
America!

TODAY IN HISTORY
January 15th.
1863 - 1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal.
1870 - Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly.
1907 - 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest.
1919 - 2 million gallons of molasses "Tidal wave" Boston MA, drowning 21.
1936 - 1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio.
1951 - "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000.
1965 - Rock group The Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain"
1990 - 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds.
1998 - NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again.

Entrance to the Cave That the Hermit Mason Evans was Believed to have stayed in on Starr Mountain; During the 1800's.

Local History
Over the past 14 years the Tellico Plains Mountain Press brought you many history articles and photos from Tellico Plains. In this issue we include an article that was in a past printed issue:

Inside the Mason Evan's Cave.

Kayaking the Tellico River.

Recreation & Sports

Check here for coverage of outdoor recreation events and Tellico Plains sports and Sequoyah Youth sports. Anyone wishing to submit photos or information or articles,
feel free to do so.

CPR Classes at Red Cross -
The Red Cross will offer adult,
child and infant CPR courses Saturday, Jan. 17th, call 442-9099 for info and to register.

Country lane in Ballplay Community.

Uncle Clabe & The Pant'er
The Old Schoolhouse
Frog & Speedy
River of Dreams

Country Roads

Here we will display photography from along the roadsides of our special part of East Tennessee. Photos depicting the slow paced country lifestyle, things caught in passing on an afternoon drive. Everything from old barns and buildings to those unique road signs that dot the countryside. Things which disappear with every passing year...

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Be sure to contact us if you have any information, articles or photos you want to submit, or story ideas. We look forward to hearing from everyone..

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Sundown at an Old Barn Near Chilhowee Lake.

Thought For The Day - " While forbidden fruit may be sweeter, it spoils faster. "