Ross's Landing Historical Marker

Ross's Landing Historical Marker, Chattanooga, Tenn.

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ROSS'S LANDING

Established about 1816 by John Ross some

370 yards east of this point, it consisted

of a ferry, warehouse, and landing. With the

organization of Hamilton County in 1819

north of the river, it served not only the

Cherokee trade but also as a convenient

business center for the county. Cherokee

parties left from the landing for the West

in 1838, the same year the growing community

took the name of Chattanooga.

Photo: Ed Jackson

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia

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