WILLIAM BARTRAM
Philadelphia naturalist, author, exploring this area, met a Cherokee band led by their chief, Atakullakulla, in May 1776, near this spot.
Q-44Graham County
Where it stands. US 19 in Nantahala National Forest at Macon/Swain county line
You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said. The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said, I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one. (p.158)