FLAT ROCK
Landmark for Indians and the pioneer white settlers of this area, lies nearby. Town of Flat Rock named for this natural formation.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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SWANNANOA TUNNEL
Longest (1,800 ft.) of 7 on railroad between Old Fort and Asheville. Constructed by convict labor, 1877-79. West entrance 300 yds. S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ESTATOE PATH
Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ESTATOE PATH
Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town, Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JOSEPH LANE
Territorial Governor of Oregon, 1848-50, Vice- Presidential candidate, 1860, U.S. Senator, major general in Mexican War. Born 3 miles east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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DAVID L. SWAIN
Governor and political leader. President of the University of North Carolina, 1835-1868. Was born three miles E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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'CATALOOCHEE TRAIL'
An old Indian path across mountains used by early settlers and in 1810 by Bishop Asbury. Trail passed nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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'CATALOOCHEE TRAIL'
Indian path across the mountains used by early settlers and in 1810 by Bishop Francis Asbury. Trail passed nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GEORGE A. TRENHOLM
Confederate Secretary of Treasury, 1864-65; S.C. legislator, cotton broker and financier. Summer home "Solitude" stood 1/2 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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SULPHUR SPRINGS
Health & social resort during the nineteenth century; patronized by low-country planters. Springs are 600 yds. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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WILLIAM MOORE
Captain of militia force which marched against the Cherokee in Nov., 1776. A fort which he built stood near here. His home was 200 yds. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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STONEMAN'S RAID
Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here, April 20, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT ASHEVILLE
Established 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Carolina, 1969.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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CONFEDERATE ARMORY
Manufactured Enfield-type rifles. In 1863 plant moved to Columbia, S.C. Building was located 1/4 mi. SE. Burned in 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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N.C. EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Organized in 1884 as N.C. Teachers Assembly in the White Sulphur Springs Hotel. Building was one mile northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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