Macon County
11 places on the trail: 11 highway markers.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- Q-5CHEROKEE DEFEATIn the French and Indian War Col. Grant's force of whites, Chickasaws, and Catawbas defeated the Cherokee warriors near ...
- Q-6CHEROKEE VICTORYIn the French and Indian War, the Cherokees defeated a colonial and British force from N.Y. under Colonel Montgomery nea...
- Q-9NIKWASIThis mound marks site of old Cherokee town, Nikwasi. A council of Sir Alexander Cuming with the Indians here led to a tr...
- Q-36POTTERY CLAYWedgwood potteries, England, used several tons of clay taken in 1767 from a nearby pit by Thomas Griffiths, a South Caro...