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Transylvania County
11 places on the trail: 11 highway markers.
Exploration and settlement (5)
Native nations (2)
Schools and colleges (2)
Faith and congregations (1)
Work and industry (1)
Government and law (1)
People of Transylvania County in Carolina Quotes
Moms Mabley
Born in Brevard
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
P-13
NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
The young state, 1790-1860
P-76
'WALTON WAR'
A boundary dispute in 1804 between N.C. & Ga. led to armed conflict. Militia called out after constable John Havner was ...
P-70
BREVARD COLLEGE
Methodist. Opened 1934 on campus of Brevard Institute after merger of Rutherford College (est. 1853) and Weaver College ...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
P-15
A. S. MERRIMON 1830-1892
U.S. Senator, 1873-79; Chief Justice of State Supreme Court, 1889-92. Birthplace was 1 mi. E.
The New South, 1878-1929
P-59
FORESTRY SCHOOL
First U.S. school of forestry. Established 1898 by Dr. C. A. Schenck, chief forester, Biltmore estate. Location until 19...
P-91
TANNERIES
Lost industry in western N.C. Bark used to process animal hides to make leather goods. Joseph Silversteen operated one h...
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
P-67
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
CCC camps were established as a New Deal relief measure. Camp John Rock, among first, operated here, 1933-36.
P-96
NASA TRACKING
Station opened 4 mi. NW 1963 to track satellites & manned space flights. Collected data for Dept. of Defense, 1982-1995.
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
P-100
"MOMS" MABLEY
P-47
ESTATOE PATH
Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed...
P-48
ESTATOE PATH
Trading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town, Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passe...
