Ancient Native American Stories Of Great Floods In Tennessee Confirmed By Scientists – 1867 Flood Was Not The Worst One

The Cherokee of East Tennessee. Credit: Johnson City Press – Chattanooga, TN: The Great Flood in 1867. Credit: TImes Free Press

For a very long time, Native Americans have told stories about great floods that devastated Tennessee, USA. Memories of these catastrophic events have been preserved by Native Americans who passed on these accounts from one generation to the next.

Few paid attention to these oral histories, but this has changed now as scientists have found conclusive evidence supporting ancient Native American myths.

In 1867, melting snow from the Smoky Mountains and four days of rain wrought Biblical destruction along the Tennessee River Valley. In Knoxville, Tennessee, the flooded river took out the town’s only bridge and stranded the residents on a hilltop downtow

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Source: https://www.ancientpages.com/2020/08/26/ancient-native-american-stories-of-great-floods-in-tennessee-confirmed-by-scientists-1867-flood-was-not-the-worst-one/