Tusquittee in Clay County NC...Where the water-dogs laughed
By Lee & Carol Barbour, REALTORS, Mountain Living Team in Murphy NC and North GA
(Murphy and Hayesville, NC; Hiawassee, Blairsville, Blue Ridge GA)
Tusquittee in Clay County NC ... Where the water-dogs laughed Tusquittee (originally Tusquitee) is a lovely community located in Clay County, North Carolina. Mountain and Pasture views with plenty of creek and lake views too. It is bordered on the north by Fires Creek Bear Reserve which is within the Nantahala National Forest. The Tusquitee Mountain range includes Tusquitee Bald at 5,240 feet. Tusquitee is a Cherokee Indian word meaning "Where the water-dogs laughed" (A Water Dog, sometimes also called mud-puppy, is a type of Salamander). "Where the water-dogs laughed" according to folklore, a Cherokee hunter crossing over Tusquitee Bald in a very dry season, heard voices, and creeping silently toward the place from which the sound proceeded, peeped over a rock and saw two water-dog...
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