Perhaps you can help locate the King's Natural Bridge.
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Louis Philippe (who later was king of France 1830-1848) travelled
through the United States in the late 1700's and kept a journal of
his travels (<b>Diary of my travels in Ameria</b>, Delacort Press, 1977).
In April 1797, he travelled from Maryville to 
<a href=../google.php?trk=kingsbr>
Tellico Block House</a> (Vonore),
his log states:
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"After Maryville the country becomes flatter, fewer streams.
The closer to the Tennessee, the better the land.
Some miles from the Tennessee we saw a spring that
runs under the road, flowing beneath the boulders that
make a sort of miniature natural bridge like Virginia's.
We came to the Tellico Block House, also called Fort Wilkinson." </i>
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In the late 1700's, the "Tennessee River" is what we call the Little Tennessee
today.
Below are some maps of the period that might suggest the route taken.
Good luck.
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Here are some candidate 
<a href=../google.php?trk=kingsbr>
springs</a>
between Maryville and the block house.
<p><img align=middle src=1800.jpg> 1800
<p><img align=middle src=1834.gif> 1834
<p><img align=middle src=cherokee.gif> cherokee trails
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<a href=http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/oldsite/map/cher1770.gif>
cherokee nation</a> 1770 map
and more <a href=http://www.cherokeehistory.com/map1.html>
Cherokee maps</a>
<br> Virginia's <a href=http://www.naturalbridgeva.com/>
natural bridge</a>
<p> Article on <a href=http://www.smokymountainnews.com/index.php/component/k2/item/2117-ancient-footpaths-of-a-lost-era>Cherokee paths</a>


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Tennessee <a href=../landforms/arches.php>arches and natural bridges</a>