FORT BUTLER
One of forts in which Gen. Winfield Scott gathered the Cherokee before moving them west in 1838. Stood 1/4 mile southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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YONAGUSKA ca. 1760-1839
Chief of Oconaluftee Cherokee. He advocated temperance and opposed removal of his people from their homeland. Lived in this vicinity.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CHEROKEE INDIAN RESERVATION
Established by United States for the Eastern Band of Cherokee after the removal of 1838. (Reverse) (LEAVING) CHEROKEE RESERVATION / Established by United States for the Eastern Band of...
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CHEROKEE INDIAN RESERVATION
Established by United States for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after removal of 1838. (Reverse) (LEAVING) Established by United States for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after removal...
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FORT HEMBREE
One of the forts where General Winfield Scott's United States forces gathered the Cherokee before moving them west, stood 3/4 mi. N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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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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