1939 Map of Lee Valley

About this map

Clinch Mountain and Copper Ridge define the northeast-to-southwest grain of this landscape, creating a series of narrow, parallel valleys along the Hancock Co Hawkins Co boundary. The 1939 field examination by the Tennessee Valley Authority records a rural interior of Tennessee where transportation and settlement were dictated by these gaps and waterways. Deep in the valleys, small communities like Lee Valley and Klondike grew around creek-bottom roads, supported by a network of local institutions such as Richardson Creek Sch and New Life Ch.