LILLIAN EXUM CLEMENT STAFFORD 1886-1925
First female legislator in the South. Elected to N.C. House, 1920. Her law office was 400 yds. west; home 1/2 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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STONEMAN'S RAID
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry passed through Hendersonville, Apr. 23, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD
"Minstrel of Appalachia." Folklorist, collector, & performer. Pioneered and promoted American folk festivals. Was born here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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ARNOLD GUYOT 1807-1884
Geographer who measured elevations at sites in western N.C., 1856-1860, including Hominy Creek Gap near here & Mt. Guyot, 25 mi. N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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PLOTT HOUND
State dog. Prized for big game hunting skills. Breed refined in 1800s by Henry Plott & family. Their home 2 mi. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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INMAN CHAPEL
Founded 1868. Oldest Universalist church in western N.C. Hannah J. Powell led mission work and school, 1921-42, at site 100 yards south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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BATTLE OF ASHEVILLE
On April 3, 1865, Union Col. Isaac M. Kirby left East Tenn. with 1100 men on a raid against Asheville. On April 6, Kirby's force was defeated by local militia under Col. G. W. Clayton. Earthworks...
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STONEMAN'S RAID
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry occupied Asheville on April 26, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WADE HAMPTON
Confederate General, Governor of S.C., 1876-79, U.S. Senator. His summer home, "High Hampton," stood 1 1/3 miles southeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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CHEROKEE WAR
Major George Chicken of South Carolina led first English military expedition against the Cherokee in this area, 1715.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FORT BUTLER
One of forts in which Gen. Winfield Scott gathered the Cherokee before moving them west in 1838. Stood 1/4 mile southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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YONAGUSKA ca. 1760-1839
Chief of Oconaluftee Cherokee. He advocated temperance and opposed removal of his people from their homeland. Lived in this vicinity.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CHEROKEE INDIAN RESERVATION
Established by United States for the Eastern Band of Cherokee after the removal of 1838. (Reverse) (LEAVING) CHEROKEE RESERVATION / Established by United States for the Eastern Band of...
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CHEROKEE INDIAN RESERVATION
Established by United States for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after removal of 1838. (Reverse) (LEAVING) Established by United States for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after removal...
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FORT HEMBREE
One of the forts where General Winfield Scott's United States forces gathered the Cherokee before moving them west, stood 3/4 mi. N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ELLEN BLACK WINSTON 1903-1984
Social worker. Led N.C. Board of Public Welfare, 1944-63; first Commissioner of U.S. Welfare. Her grave is 1/10 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JUNALUSKA ca. 1779-1858
Cherokee warrior, fought for U.S. in Creek War, 1814. Granted citizenship and land by N.C., 1847. Grave is one mile S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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NORTH CAROLINA- GEORGIA
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w GEORGIA / The colony of...
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TSALI
Cherokee who resisted removal & escaped from U.S. troops; executed nearby, 1838. Story inspired Unto These Hills.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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INDIAN BOUNDARY
Near here the highway crosses Meigs-Freeman Line, surveyed in 1802, boundary between whites & Cherokees until 1819.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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