The lake level behind the dam rose to 626.2 feet MSL (above Mean Sea Level). A Cemetery Underwaterīy 1913 Hales Bar Dam opened for operations. This dam was located across Hales Bar about 5 miles downstream of the cemetery. The dam would improve river navigation along a treacherous stretch of river known as the Tennessee River Gorge and it would also provide electric power to the burgeoning population of Chattanooga, Tennessee. His company, The Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power Company devised this dam for a two-fold purpose. Hales Bar Dam on the Tennessee Riverīy 1905, Chattanooga businessman and engineer Josephus Guild had begun construction of the first multi-purpose hydroelectric dam built across a navigable waterway by private industry. There was also a need for electricity for the burgeoning population of Euro-Americans who were streaming into the area. There was a need for improved river navigation.
The land stayed in the family but big changes were coming to this area. For example, Henry and Zilpha’s great grandson Moses Merritt Long was buried in the cemetery in 1881 after dying at only 3 months of age. As generations came and went, some of their descendants were buried there, too. This cemetery was on a slight hillrise about 1/4 mile from river’s edge.
She was buried in a small cemetery on their land. Mullins Cove (in the distance) from the Tennessee River Zilpha Buried in a Cemetery on Dry Land Here, they successfully raised a family and continued with their stock trading operations. From the tall mountaintops down through the fertile bottom land they hacked their way through thick canebrake that inundated their land. Mullins Cove – Marion County, Tennesseeīy 1811, Henry and his new bride Zilpha moved to an area of Marion County known as Mullins Cove where they acquired 2000 acres. Henry initially settled in the Sequatchie Valley where he operated a successful Livestock Trading Business. Chattanooga was a Cherokee trading outpost at the time. Henry navigated his craft downstream past Knoxville and Chattanooga. The river flooded with spring rains and nearly dried up with summer droughts. There were no dams back then to stem its flow. Of course, back in those days the river was still known by such names as The Hogoheegee and The Great River of the Cherokee.Ĭonfluence of the Holston and French Broad Rivers These two rivers form the headwaters of the Tennessee River. They were swept past the confluence of the Holston River and French Broad River. Henry, along with two companions, boarded a crudely designed raft. Tennessee had been admitted into the Union only 11 years earlier. His sights were set deeper into this newly formed state. But, Henry wasn’t satisfied living in Jonesborough. By 1807, Henry Long was living in Jonesborough, Tennessee after moving from Virginia.
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