Haywood County
15 places on the trail: 15 highway markers.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- P-40RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby along Hominy Creek.
- P-41RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed here, through Pigeon Gap.
- P-42RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed here, through Balsam Gap.
The young state, 1790-1860
- P-50'CATALOOCHEE TRAIL'An old Indian path across mountains used by early settlers and in 1810 by Bishop Asbury. Trail passed nearby.
- P-51'CATALOOCHEE TRAIL'Indian path across the mountains used by early settlers and in 1810 by Bishop Francis Asbury. Trail passed nearby.
- P-81ARNOLD GUYOT 1807-1884Geographer who measured elevations at sites in western N.C., 1856-1860, including Hominy Creek Gap near here & Mt. Guyot...
- P-26FELIX WALKERRevolutionary officer, member Congress, 1817-23, where, in "talking for Buncombe" (County), he gave new meaning to the w...
- P-19MORNING STAR CHURCHOrganized by German Lutherans about 1825; Methodist since 1866. Is 2 1/2 miles south.