| Memorials | : | 1 |
| Location | : | Franklin, Macon County, USA |
| Coordinate | : | 35.1849900, -83.3736000 |
| Description | : | What is now Downtown Franklin North Carolina, used to be a thriving Cherokee Village called "Nikwasi." This mound has luckily escaped excavation attempts over the years and has for the most part escaped destruction from farming and modern construction. This huge mound once was crowned with a large townhouse of the Cherokee people and held the "ever-burning sacred fire", and was the dwelling place of the immortal spirit-beings, the "nunnehi." We recommend taking pictures and observing from the bottom of the mound but we ask, along with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, that you stay off of the... Read More |
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Latitude: 35.1849900
Longitude: -83.3736000
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