▁first ▁official ▁Liber ty ▁post ▁office ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 . ▁Once ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Liber ty ▁was ▁char tered ▁little ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁month ▁after ▁the ▁Sal ub r ity ▁post ▁office ▁closed , ▁the ▁name ▁Sal ub r ity ▁became ▁little ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁memory . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Early ▁History ▁( to ▁ 1 8 9 0 ) ▁Liber ty ▁today ▁s its ▁on ▁land ▁that ▁was ▁once ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ch ero kee ▁Indians ' ▁hunting ▁ground . ▁ ▁The ▁Ot ar re , ▁or ▁Lower ▁Hill ▁Ch ero ke es , ▁had ▁several ▁th riv ing ▁villages ▁along ▁the ▁river b anks ▁in ▁the ▁area ; ▁perhaps ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁example ▁being ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Ke ow ee , ▁located ▁near ▁the ▁modern ▁day ▁O con ee ▁and ▁Pick ens ▁County ▁line . ▁ ▁Ch ero kee ▁tribes men , ▁who ▁often ▁surv ived ▁by ▁growing ▁cro ps , ▁and ▁t ended ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁small ▁villages , ▁were ▁in ▁many ▁ways ▁more ▁domestic ated ▁than ▁other ▁Native ▁American ▁tribes . ▁ ▁The ▁Ch ero kee ▁also ▁h unted ▁game , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁the ▁fo oth ills ▁were ▁a ▁sacred ▁hunting ▁ground ▁for ▁de er , ▁buff alo , ▁and ▁other ▁large ▁animals . ▁ ▁Trad ition ▁holds ▁that ▁Hern ando ▁De S oto ▁and ▁his ▁group ▁of ▁Spanish ▁expl or ers ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁Europe ans ▁to ▁travel ▁through ▁the ▁area ▁around ▁year ▁ 1 5 4 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁first