</center><!-- END LINKEXCHANGE CODE --><a name="Top"></a><font face="Arial Black" size="5">TOUR GUIDE </font> </p> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="../images/line.gif" width="357" height="12"></p> <p align="center"> <img src="../images/nnah.gif" width="379" height="40" alt="Nashville's Native American History"> <br> <img src="../images/clees_ferry_erosion.jpg" width="201" height="35"><br> </p> <p align="center" style="background-color: #800000; border: 1 solid #C0C0C0"><span style="text-transform: capitalize"><b><font size="3">Culture Periods Represented: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian</font></b></span></p> <p align="left"><b>Erosion is now the biggest threat to the Clee's Ferry burial ground. Repeating cycles of high and low water, combined with wave action caused by commercial and recreational river traffic, are eating away at the bank.</b> </p> <p align="center"><a href="../images/boat.jpg"><img SRC="boat_small.jpg" width="220" height="126"> </a> </p> <p align="center"><b>A Pleasure Craft Plows Through The River By Clee's Ferry</b> <br> <b>This boat caused the waves in the photos below.<br> </b> <font face="Arial" size="1">(Click for larger images)</font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="../images/wave2.jpg"><img SRC="wave2_small.jpg" height="149" width="220"></a><a href="../images/wave3.jpg"><img SRC="wave3_small.jpg" HSPACE="10" width="220" height="151"> </a> <br> </p> <p align="center"><b>Below - Erosion At Clee's Ferry</b> <br> <b>Large areas of the river bank often collapse, exposing human burials<br> </b> <font face="Arial" size="1">(Click for larger images)</font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="../images/erosion.jpg"><img SRC="erosion_small.jpg" width="220" height="150"></a><a href="../images/erosion2.jpg"><img SRC="erosion2_small.jpg" HSPACE="10" width="220" height="151"> </a> </p> <p><b>Recently the Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs joined forces with the Tennessee Division of Forestry and Thomas Brothers Grass Farm, the land owners at Clee's Ferry, and planted a large number of tree seedlings in an effort to stem the erosion at the site.</b> </p> <p><a href="../images/thomasbros.jpg"><img SRC="thomasbros_small.jpg" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10" align="LEFT" width="220" height="150"> </a> </p> <p><b>Employees of Thomas Brothers Grass, left, clear area while Tennessee Division of Forestry staff, below, plant trees at Clee's Ferry </b><font face="Arial" size="1">(Click for larger images)</font> </p> <p><a href="../images/ted&roy.jpg"><img SRC="tedroy_small.jpg" width="150" height="156"></a><a href="../images/chris.jpg"><img SRC="chris_small.jpg" HSPACE="10" width="150" height="155"></a> </p> <p><a href="../images/seedling2.jpg"><img SRC="seedling2_small.jpg" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10" height="220" width="150" align="RIGHT"> </a> <br> </p> <p><br> <br> <b>Hopefully these young trees, like the one at right, will take root, grow to maturity, and help hold the soil against the pull of the river.<br> </b> <font face="Arial" size="1">(Click for larger images)</font> <br> </p> <p align="center"><br CLEAR="BOTH"> <br> <b>Clee’s Ferry serves as tangible proof that cooperation between the Native American community, professional archaeologists, and land owners can be effective in protecting our cultural resources.</b> </p> <p align="center"> <img src="../images/line2.gif" alt="line2.gif (1399 bytes)" WIDTH="547" HEIGHT="13"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="../History/map_cleesferry.htm">Clee's Ferry Site Map</a></b></font> <br> <br> <a href="cleesferry2.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Previous Page - Clee's Ferry Looting</b></font></a> <a href="../History/ganier.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Next Page - The Ganier Site</b></font></a><p align="center"><a href="#Top"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Top of page</font></b></a> <p align="center"><font size="2"><b><font face="Arial"><a href="../History/sites.htm">Sites</a> <a href="../History/nahcontents.htm">Contents</a> <a href="../History/mdtnnah.htm">Overview</a> <a href="../History/maps.htm">Maps</a> </font></b></font> <p align="center"><img src="../images/line2.gif" alt="line2.gif (1399 bytes)" WIDTH="547" HEIGHT="13"> <p align="center"> <!-- BEGIN USA HYPERBANNER CODE --> <CENTER><TABLE CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0><TR><TD BGCOLOR="0000FF"><A HREF="http://ads18.hyperbanner.net/url.cfm/ID=44001&Page=18&Ver=28&Pos=" TARGET="_top"><IMG WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 BORDER=1 ISMAP HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 SRC="http://ads18.hyperbanner.net/gif.cfm?ID=44001&Page=18&Ver=28" ALT="Member of USA HyperBanner"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD><A HREF="http://ads18.hyperbanner.net/barurl.dll/ID=44001&Page=18&Ver=28&barpos=" TARGET="_top"><IMG WIDTH=470 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 ISMAP SRC="http://ads18.hyperbanner.net/bar.dll?ID=44001&Page=18&Ver=28"></A></TD></TR></TABLE> </CENTER> <!-- END USA HYPERBANNER CODE --><!-- END BANNER CODE VERSION 3.0--> <p align="center"> </body> </html>