Carolina Quotes

Ashe County

5 places on the trail: 5 highway markers.

The Civil War (2)Exploration and settlement (2)Medicine and science (1)Work and industry (1)Mountains, rivers and coast (1)Government and law (1)

Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774

M-15NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
M-16NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...

The young state, 1790-1860

M-20ASA GRAYAmerican botanist and Harvard professor. In July 1841, investigated the region's flora. Headquarters was in house that s...

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

M-28ORE KNOB MINECopper mine operated intermittently, 1850s to 1962. Site of Ore Knob, boom mining town, inc. 1875. Shafts 1 mile N.

The New South, 1878-1929

M-34ROBERT L. DOUGHTON 1863-1954Congressman, 1911-1953. Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, 1933-1947, 1949-1953. Home 2/10 mi. S.E.