Ross's Landing

Located on the Tennessee River at the site of present-day Chattanooga, Tenn., this was the home of John Ross before he moved to Head of Coosa -- the name given to the confluence of the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers, and future site of Rome, Ga. The marker shown above contains this inscription:

ROSS'S LANDING

Established about 1816 by John Ross some 370 yards east of this point. It consisted of a ferry, warehouse, and landing. With the organization of Hamilton County in 1819 north of the river. It served not only the Cherokee trade but also as a convenient business center for the county. Cherokee parties left from the landing for the West in 1838, the same year the growing community took the name Chattanooga.

Photo by Ed Jackson

(c) Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the University of Georgia

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