Linked to several historic events and personages form the before the revolution to the civil war, the location was the site of the 1788 "Battle of the State of Franklin."
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The Tipton-Haynes site represents various periods of Tennessee history, from pre-colonial times to Reconstruction. An ancient buffalo trail ran near the site of the "bold spring," and the grounds were frequented successively by the Woodland Indians, the Cherokees, and European explorers and traders
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The cave is now part of the Tipton-Haynes Farm, a historical recreation area that is administered by the Johnson City Recreational Department. There is a restored clapboard house on the property. The cave is just beneath it. It is very small only 30 feet long before it branches out into two main co
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The Tipton-Haynes Historic Site in Johnson City represents several eras of early Tennessee history. Woodland Period Indians and later the Cherokees frequented the area, hunting the buffalo that traveled to its natural spring. In later years, that buffalo trail became a stage road from Jonesborough,
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