Murphy is located in Cherokee County North Carolina. Murphy represents the Western most city in North Carolina over 550 miles from it's eastern most counterpart Nags Head on the Atlantic coast. The site of Murphy, along the Hiwassee River, was known to the Cherokee as Tlanusi. The translation is the "Leech Place", because of a legend about a giant leech named Tlanusi that lived in the river there.

The "Trading Path", later called the "Unicoi Turnpike" passed by the future site of Murphy, connecting the Cherokee lands east of the mountains with the Overhill Towns of Tennessee.

In 1836, during the Cherokee removal known as the "Trail of Tears", the United States army built Fort Butler in what is today Murphy. Fort Butler acted as the main collection point for Cherokee east of the mountains. From Fort Butler the Cherokee were taken over the mountains on the Unicoi Turnpike to the main internment camps at Fort Cass, today Charleston, Tennessee. Today the Unicoi Turnpike is known as Joe Brown Highway. The Cherokee County Historical Museum in Murphy provides information about the "Trail of Tears".

Murphy is mentioned extensively in "A Walk Across America" by Peter Jenkins, as the author spent several months living with a local family and working at a sawmill nearby. Today, Murphy is a thriving and growing community.


Things to Do:



Lake Hiwassee
Lake Hiwaseee is 22 miles long and covers approx. 6000 acres with 163 miles of shoreline and more than 200 ft deep in places. Lake Hiwassee is surrounded by the Nantahala National Forest.






Andrews-Murphy Airport
RHP, Andrews-Murphy, Andrews, NC.
Lat: N 3511.7, Long:  W 08351.8, Elev: 1697, Var: +04, Longest Runway: 5500
AWOS: 119.67, CTAF:  122.8
Runway & Approach Info:
Rwy: 08
Length:  5500 x 100
Land Dist Avail 5500'
Runway Weight Capacity: (lbs)
Runway ID: 08/26
Single Wheel: 25,000
Double Wheel: 45,000
www.fltplan.com/AirportInformation/RHP.htm



Nantahala Whitewater Rafting
Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) guides 9 of the easts best rivers including the Chattooga River, Cheoah River, French Broad River, Nantahala River, Nolichucky River, Ocoee River, Gauley River, New River, and Pigeon River.  NOC was rated "#1 Vacation with a Splash" by Good Morning America and "One of the best Outfitters on Earth" by National Geographic Adventures.
www.noc.com 




Harrahs Casino
777 Casino Drive
Cherokee, NC. 28719
828-497-7777
www.harrahscherokee.com


Golf (If you want to hit the linx check out)
Chatuge Shores Golf Course, 260 Golf Course Rd, Hayesville, NC 28904, (828)389-8940, Municipal, 18 hole, 6687 yds, Par 72, Course Rating -71.3
Cherokee Hills Country Club, Harshaw Road, Murphy, NC 28906, (828)837-5853, Public, 18 hole, 6324 yds, Par 72, Course Rating -70
Brasstown Valley Resort Golf Course , 6321 U S Highway 76, Young Harris, GA 30582, (706)379-9900, Public, 18 hole, 6,957 yds, Par 72, Course Rating-73.5


Calendar of Events: 
Blairsville Bluegrass Festival
When: September 16th through September 18th, 2011
Location: Union County Courthouse One Town Square Blairsville, GA 30512
Contact: For more information call 706-745-5493

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