HIWASSEE DAM
Built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1936-40, to provide flood control and electricity. Dam is 307 ft. tall. 5 mi. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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THOMAS HARBISON 1862-1936
Botanist and educator. Pioneer in the study of flora, southeastern U.S. Highlands his base after 1886; taught here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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THOMAS'S LEGION
William H. Thomas led Confederate "Legion of Indians & Mountaineers." Cherokee companies raised nearby in 1862.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CHEROKEE VICTORY
In the French and Indian War, the Cherokees defeated a colonial and British force from N.Y. under Colonel Montgomery near here, June, 1760.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CHEROKEE DEFEAT
During the American Revolution, S.C. forces under Colonel Andrew Williamson defeated the Cherokees, nearby, at the “Black Hole,” Sept. 1776.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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NIKWASI
This mound marks site of old Cherokee town, Nikwasi. A council of Sir Alexander Cuming with the Indians here led to a treaty, 1730.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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CONFEDERATE ATTACKS
Across the fields behind this marker the Confederate Right Wing made five attacks on Union positions to the left, March 19, 1865. They were thrown back by the XX Federal Corps.Plaque via North...
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PAULI MURRAY 1910-1985
First African American female Episcopal priest; lawyer, activist, poet, & human rights champion. Wrote Proud Shoes, 1956. Childhood home ¼ mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID BB4)
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TOBACCO UNIONISM
Strike by leaf workers, mostly black & female, June 17, 1943, 1/2 mile W., led to seven years of labor & civil rights activism by Local 22.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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ANDRE MICHAUX
French botanist. First visit to North Carolina to study flora was June, 1787, when he traversed the Highlands Plateau.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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USRC MERCURY
U.S. Revenue Cutter in War of 1812. Patrolled Ocracoke Inlet. Escaped British ships offshore, 1813, to deliver warning of threat to New Bern.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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GEODESIC DOMES
Prototype domes built nearby in 1948 & 1949 by Buckminster Fuller while he taught at Black Mountain College.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DASEMUNKEPEUC
Algonquian village at the time of Roanoke voyages. Home of leader, Wingina, slain by colonist, 1586. Abandoned in 1587, it was in this vicinity. Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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CARL SANDBURG 1878-1967
"Poet of the People," Lincoln biographer, & Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Lived, 1945-67, at "Connemara," 1/3 mi. W. Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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