Carolina Quotes

Graham County

3 places on the trail: 3 highway markers.

Native nations (2)Writers, artists and musicians (2)Medicine and science (1)Exploration and settlement (1)

Revolution and founding, 1775-1789

Q-44WILLIAM BARTRAMPhiladelphia naturalist, author, exploring this area, met a Cherokee band led by their chief, Atakullakulla, in May 1776...

The young state, 1790-1860

Q-2JUNALUSKA ca. 1779-1858Cherokee warrior, fought for U.S. in Creek War, 1814. Granted citizenship and land by N.C., 1847. Grave is one mile S.W.

Modern North Carolina, 1930 on

Q-53FONTANA DAMConstructed, 1942-1944, by the Tennessee Valley Authority. At 480 feet tallest dam in eastern U.S. One mile north.