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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JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL
Est. in 1925 by Olive D. Campbell and Marguerite Butler, who adapted the Danish folk school model to study of the region.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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CHEROKEE DEFEAT
In the French and Indian War Col. Grant's force of whites, Chickasaws, and Catawbas defeated the Cherokee warriors near here, June, 1761.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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SILAS McDOWELL 1795-1879
Botanical and historical writer; horticulturist. Originated concept of a temperate "thermal belt." Home stood 1/5 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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GERTRUDE DILLS McKEE
First woman elected to N.C. Senate, 1930. Civic leader and clubwoman. Home was 50 yds. west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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JOHN R. BRINKLEY 1885-1942
Medical maverick, radio and advertising pioneer, candidate for governor of Kansas. Boyhood home stood across the river.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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