SILAS McDOWELL 1795-1879
Botanical and historical writer; horticulturist. Originated concept of a temperate "thermal belt." Home stood 1/5 mi. W.
Q-50Macon County
Where it stands. US 64/NC 28 at SR 1677 southeast of Franklin
The arrival of language was like the invasion of a parasitic system. Co-opting those areas of the brain that were the least dedicated. The most susceptible to appropriation.