Early Tollgate

Early Tollgate is a Tennessee historical marker in Blount County.

Blount Co, TN 72 (US 129),south of Calderwood

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The chimney nearby marks the location of a tollhouse on the Tennessee River Turnpike, which operated in 1829. Connecting Blount County, Tenn., with Macon County, N. C., across the Great Smokies, it was an important route in livestock commerce between production centers in in Georgia and the East Tennessee region.

The Tennessee Historical Commission's records list this marker as not standing. Note from the marker program.

TodayHistorical map

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1827 · Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Kentucky (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Early Tollgate

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