The Tellico Times

Introduction
Greetings Everyone...Welcome to the October 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. Be sure to check out the News Briefs page for current news. 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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The Tellico Plains
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The 'Nina' was Christopher
Columbus' favorite ship of the
three he used to discover America.

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The 'Nina' replica was used in the movie '1492'. The ship was completed in Dec. 1991 and left Brazil and sailed 4000 miles on her maiden voyage to take part in the filming of the movie.

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.

Gee Creek Falls.
Gee Creek Falls in the Gee Creek Wilderness Area near Etowah.

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
November 18th.
1307 - William Tell shoots apple off
his son's head.
1820 - US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica.
1865 - Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
1894 - 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published.
1909 - US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya.
1911 - Britain's 1st seaplane flies.
1928 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie".
1955 - Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight.
1970 - Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon.
1985 - Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport Washington, DC, & turned over to the Smithsonian Institution.

Recent Fall Colors along the Cherohala Skyway near the
TN/NC Stateline.

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:

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.

November 14-30th. - Fundraiser for Mothers of Preschoolers. They will be selling pizza kits & cookie dough thru Nov. 30th. Proceeds will cover cost for the program at First United Methodist Church in Tellico Plains. Contact Melissa
Murphy at 253-2506.

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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Baby Wild Russian Hogs Posing
for the Camera Along the
Cherohala Skyway.