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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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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POTTERY CLAY
Wedgwood potteries, England, used several tons of clay taken in 1767 from a nearby pit by Thomas Griffiths, a South Carolina planter.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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GEORGE W. TRUETT
Pastor First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1897-1944, president of Baptist World Alliance. His birthplace stands one mile northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
Established in 1889 as a private school. Has been a state supported institution since 1893.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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COWEE
Principal settlement of the Cherokee Middle Towns. Council house stood on mound 300 yds. S. Town destroyed during the Revolution.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JUDACULLA ROCK
Soapstone boulder carved with Indian symbols between 500 & 1700 A.D. Sacred to the Cherokee. Petroglyphs 3 1/2 mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BAPTIST MISSION
For Cherokee Indians, established in 1817, consisting of a chapel, school, farm, and mills. Was 3 1/2 miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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HORACE KEPHART
Author of "Our Southern Highlanders" (1913) and other works, naturalist, librarian. Grave 3/10 mi. S.W. Mt. Kephart, 30 mi. N., is named for him.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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RUTHERFORD TRACE
The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby along Savannah Creek.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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RUTHERFORD TRACE
The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby, through Cowee Gap.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WILLIAM BARTRAM
Philadelphia naturalist, author, exploring this area, met a Cherokee band led by their chief, Atakullakulla, in May 1776, near this spot.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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ECHOTA MISSION
Methodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c. 1840-1885. School established 1850. Missionary's house stands 50 yards north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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WILLIAM H. THOMAS
White chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee. Secured reservation for them. Confederate colonel. State senator. Home, "Stekoih Fields," stood 1/4 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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LEWIS J. SMITH 1843-1901
A founder & benefactor of Cullowhee Academy, forerunner of Western Carolina University. Lived 2 miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ROBERT L. MADISON 1867-1954
Founder of Western Carolina University & its president, 1889-1912, & 1920-1923. Lived 5 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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