Jackson County
15 places on the trail: 15 highway markers.
People of Jackson County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- P-7QUALLA BOUNDARYSoco Gap, initial point of U.S. survey, 1876, of Cherokee Reservation, created through earlier efforts of W. H. Thomas, ...
- Q-1WADE HAMPTONConfederate General, Governor of S.C., 1876-79, U.S. Senator. His summer home, "High Hampton," stood 1 1/3 miles southea...
- Q-46WILLIAM H. THOMASWhite chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee. Secured reservation for them. Confederate colonel. State senator. Home, "Stekoih...
The New South, 1878-1929
- Q-45ECHOTA MISSIONMethodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c. 1840-1885. School established 1850. Missionary's house stand...
- Q-52JOHN R. BRINKLEY 1885-1942Medical maverick, radio and advertising pioneer, candidate for governor of Kansas. Boyhood home stood across the river.
- Q-47LEWIS J. SMITH 1843-1901A founder & benefactor of Cullowhee Academy, forerunner of Western Carolina University. Lived 2 miles north.
- Q-48ROBERT L. MADISON 1867-1954Founder of Western Carolina University & its president, 1889-1912, & 1920-1923. Lived 5 mi. N.
- Q-38WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITYEstablished in 1889 as a private school. Has been a state supported institution since 1893.