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About two miles southwest, around 1784, young Joab Mitchell, who had successfully made the trip to the North Fork of the Holston bringing salt for the besieged garrison at Big Creek Fort, was ambushed and mortally wounded by Indians. After beating them off, he galloped his horse to the fort, where he died.
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