Historic Cherokee North Carolina - Smoky Mountains

[Music] all rusty rv tv welcome check it out we're just leaving the great spoky mountain national park wasn't that a cool ride through there that was absolutely beautiful we are in north carolina actually this is the town of cherokee north carolina we're going to stop check it out supposed to be a nice museum here too we'll try to find that cool fountain i am not even gonna try to pronounce that this is the cherokee indian reservation what a neat fountain look at this thing crystal blue water they have water here got a few clouds i hit a few raindrops coming through the national park not bad right across street there's uh mine you can actually mine for minerals gem mine check it out there's rvs actually parked right next to it too looks like you can camp there but look at the trees there's look back up towards tennessee in the national park but look at this tree covered beautiful area i mean you talk about plush this is it there's cherokee it's kind of split with a river we're gonna go run around town check it out a little bit see what's here well i'm gonna head towards that museum i suppose i'm following my phone here we're gonna make a left up on the street this is also us441 that we cut through the national park on and i think this is it here when we make a left pretty good-sized river oh i see a ice cream and candy store oh man look at that thing right on the river nice what a setting this is small town usa here got little shops green mountains in the background cloudy blue sky i'm kind of hungry here's a little cafe here i want to see that uh ice cream store up here the little princess right on the river homemade ice cream like i need that song there cherokee rapids wow look how shallow the river is there's that ice cream store wouldn't that neat you could have an ice cream just check out the river watch the world go by there huh the little princess here you go check this thing out water wheel huh there's a mill store inside right along the river cool setting huh nice little shops cafe coffee shop rustic looking pretty cool all right well let's go find that museum cars all backed up at the gas station i am here in the gas shortage go figure oh man to be continued on that all right according to the phone looks like we're about a mile away looks like fire department here some community oh they're voting here today huh community buildings that river is right off to the right it looks like the river kind of splits a town there's like a little valley here there's a church on the left and we make a right here we're almost there wow look at that motorhome oh man that's a fancy couple of them gonna cruise three of them wow cruising the mountains hey hey i see the museum over on the left we'll stop check it out museum of the cherokee indian high reviews very good reviews online well well there's a parking lot off left a couple dark clouds rolling through not bad though here we go look at the flowers wow look at the color of those things oh the rain they're happy look at the sidewalk painted sidewalk nice okay well let's go on in check it out [Music] museum of the cherokee indian i like these little museums like this well let's go on in it is super dark in here so i'll do the best i can when we walk through we'll check this out it was uh 12 bucks to get in they got some storyboards here kind of hard to read it's pretty dark camera's struggling a little bit spirit of the defenders here's some good lighting i walked through a theater but it was so dark i couldn't even see pretty good size arrowhead there a lot of display cabinets [Music] wow look at those stones [Music] imagine the history whole display there more arrowheads and as a kid i used to find nose [Music] pipes [Music] look at the feathers on that came out of that guy right there beautiful mural painting and animal skin pelt wow the artwork in here is really something now that's cool look how the lighting just enhances that statue very well done some more pottery looks like big arrowheads [Music] very well done and very well laid out i'm glad i stopped here medicine man these little museums like this are priceless they uh keep history going what's this oh games that's how they play games kind of like a hockey puck thing huh chunky i'll be darn isn't that interesting wow look at that artwork wish the lighting was a little better look at the detail on it [Music] huh old plow look at that [Music] and we're walking some old firearms in there pistol rifles again i thought them guys are real for a minute those are wax figurines wax men old shipping sales huh look how real those guys look like they're staring at you [Music] and there's old george wow some old documentation look at this it goes way back printing press it's the way they used to do it that is a antique but the artwork in here is just beautiful look at that drawing battle a horseshoe been [Music] wow look at this huh that is extremely well done look at the detail on it john ross major ridge huh i'm not that big of a history buff i don't know all these details but this statue is really powerful look at that thing and the different tribes i'll be darn cherokee wow seminoles nice [Music] look at that mirror with all the covered wagons that was photography back in the day everyone painted look at the detail on that one [Music] if you get in this neck of the wood you gotta stop check this place out this is beautiful very historic [Music] and pictures these look more current look at all of them a wall of life here just all kinds of history in this area through the generations very very well done glad i stopped well that's the end of it for in here they got a gift shop pretty big place really there's a room for all the veterans all kinds of good stuff you can buy very nice well what do you say let's keep cruising down check out some more of uh cherokee north carolina just stuff everywhere you see here [Music] nice georgia blankenship we gotta walk on this painted sidewalk before we go in memory of 1918 and 1993 looks like she supported or donated the property maybe look how they painted the concrete look at that that is cool flowers got a bench just follow the path that's a great idea i have no clue what kind of flower that is what a color isn't that pretty all right well let's head for the van i had to walk this hey we're here why not cool well i cheated i look at the phone we're gonna there's another section of town will drive through there's that river but both sides of the river there's a town it's a long museum what a what nice stop it was well worth the 12 bucks to go in there there's a war memorial park up here let's check that out is dedicated to charles george nice memorial to them look at this memorial here to all the veterans from this area all the different branches represented look all the names wow cherokee north carolina what a cool place well we'll keep going this is scenic boy i bet they get snow here though elevation i'm not sure we got to be a couple thousand feet a bit here's another park along the river they even got a walking bridge across there on the right there's a bureau of indian affairs their big building and i think we make a left up here this place is like one big park nice there's another church okay now that 441 kept going to the right i'm gonna find a campground here in a little bit so this thing just kind of circles back around we'll cruise down through here see what's here well off to the right it's kind of like a strip mall full of little shops look at the architecture on the buildings they're all kind of the same real rustic looking fitsy area these buildings been here a long time this town's been here a long time small town usa right here another little mall pretty cool gift shops well being this close to the national park think of the amount of traffic that rolls through here i bet it's incredible for tourism wow what's this big building up here there's an old motel kind of like the tennessee version of route 66 oh casino that's what that is that thing is huge harris wow that's a harris casino in cherokee north carolina wow that thing's like 15 story high rise huh here's another big building i'll be darned but they employ a lot of people here all the fuel pumps are covered up no fuel here i'm gonna have to search out some diesel [Music] the good thing is the van when it's full gets really good mileage because of the mercedes and the diesel and everything i have over a 400-mile range when it's full well i need to get turned around head back towards town find that campground figure out a plan the blue ridge parkway is right up the road it's actually a beginning of it goes all the way up into virginia so i'm gonna look at that look at the fuel problems here see what i can figure out stay tuned journey continues you

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Keywords: Historic Cherokee North Carolina, cherokee nation, north carolina, smoky mountains, cherokee north carolina, cherokee indian, american indian, native american history, HWY Scenic US 441

Id: eJMAz6WnH-Q

Length: 21min 19sec (1279 seconds)

Published: Wed May 19 2021