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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ROBERT F. HOKE 1837-1912
Major general, C.S.A. Promoted after victory at Battle of Plymouth. Led troops in Va. & N.C. Home stands 50 yards E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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INGLESIDE
Home built about 1817 by Daniel M. Forney, major in War of 1812, congressman, 1815-1818, legislator, and planter.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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PATRICK FERGUSON
Tory force led by Col. Ferguson camped nearby Oct. 4-5, 1780. Two days later Ferguson died in major British defeat at Kings Mountain, 5 mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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HIRAM R. REVELS 1822-1901
First black to serve in Congress. Native of N.C. Mississippi senator, 1870-1871. Operated own barbershop here, 1840s.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 fought southern troops at Howard's Gap, 4 mi. north, April 22, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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STONEMAN'S RAID
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Rutherfordton, April 21, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
Overmountain Men from Tenn., Va., & N.C. led Patriots to victory over British, Oct. 7, 1780. Site 7 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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VALLE CRUCIS EPISCOPAL MISSION
Established in 1842 by Bishop Levi S. Ives. Reorganized in 1895 by Bishop J. B. Cheshire.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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TOD R. CALDWELL
Governor, 1870-1874, during Reconstruction, member State Convention of 1865. His home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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SINK HOLE MINE
Among oldest of area mica mines. Evidence indicates it was first worked by Indians. Remains 4 mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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