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Cherokee County
6 places on the trail: 6 highway markers.
Native nations (3)
Exploration and settlement (3)
Schools and colleges (2)
Forts and the armed forces (1)
Faith and congregations (1)
Work and industry (1)
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Q-10
CHEROKEE WAR
Major George Chicken of South Carolina led first English military expedition against the Cherokee in this area, 1715.
Q-33
NORTH CAROLINA-GEORGIA
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
The young state, 1790-1860
Q-40
BAPTIST MISSION
For Cherokee Indians, established in 1817, consisting of a chapel, school, farm, and mills. Was 3 1/2 miles north.
Q-11
FORT BUTLER
One of forts in which Gen. Winfield Scott gathered the Cherokee before moving them west in 1838. Stood 1/4 mile southwes...
The New South, 1878-1929
Q-49
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...
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
Q-54
HIWASSEE DAM
Built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1936-40, to provide flood control and electricity. Dam is 307 ft. tall. 5 mi. N...
