the cherokee scholar sequoyah was born at tuskegee, just south of the fort, circa 1770. the sequoyah birthplace museum, which is operated by the eastern band of cherokee indians, stands just west of the fort, on the other side of highway 360. the museum includes a burial mound containing over 200 burials excavated during the tellico archaeological project, which investigated several cherokee town sites in anticipation of the flooding of the valley by tellico dam. monuments to the overhill towns of tanasi and chota are located along bacon ferry road, just off highway 360 about south of fort loudoun.