MOUNT MITCHELL RAILROAD
Opened Black Mountains to logging and tourism. Built, 1911-1914. It ran from point nearby to Camp Alice, 21 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FRANCES GOODRICH 1856-1944
Missionary and teacher. Her Allanstand Cottage Industries promoted the revival of Appalachian handicrafts. Lived here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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'WALTON WAR'
A boundary dispute in 1804 between N.C. & Ga. led to armed conflict. Militia called out after constable John Havner was killed 1/2 mile E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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BUNCOMBE TURNPIKE
Opened up western N.C. Built, 1824-28; the 75-mi. long route from S.C. line to Tenn. line, used by settlers & livestock drovers, passed nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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OLIVE TILFORD DARGAN 1869-1968
Writer of fiction and poetry. "Fielding Burke," her pen name. Author of Call Home the Heart and Highland Annals. Home, 1925-68, was 1/4 mile N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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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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