Historical Marker Search

You searched for Postal Code: 28713

Page 2 of 4 — Showing results 11 to 20 of 34
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A9D_measure-of-men_Bryson-City-NC.html
The high, rounded mountain in front of you is Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet elevation), the highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest in Tennessee, and the third highest in the eastern United States. It bears the name of Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM140D_land-of-diversity_Bryson-City-TN.html
Few places in North America sustain a greater variety of life than the Great Smoky Mountains. The forests, streams, and meadows here support more than 100 types of native trees, some 50 kinds of fish, some 1,500 flowering plants, more than 240 bir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZFF_war-dead-of-swain-county_Bryson-City-NC.html
World War IBarker, William H.,Bates, Everett R.,Cathy, Charlie,Cochran, John T.,Franklin, Walter I.,Freeman, Caro N.,Kincaid, William,Leaiherwood, James L.,Mashburn, Earnest L.,Mason, William,Mathis, Fred,Moore, Grady,Queen, James R., Shuler, Finl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTG3_the-top-of-the-smokies_Bryson-City-NC.html
At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest mountain in Great Smokey Mountains National Park and is one of the highest peaks in the eastern United States. An observation tower at the summit takes you above the treetops for a panoramic view. Cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTG2_and-it-became-land_Bryson-City-NC.html
Look out across the Smoky Mountains landscape.How did this land come to be? They carefully got all the mud and they laid it out on the rocks. And when it was dry enough, Grandfather threw it out into the water, and it became land. And the buzza…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTFZ_mountains-refuge-and-healing_Bryson-City-NC.html
Clingmans Dome is a sacred mountain to the Cherokees, where the Magic Lake was once seen. The Great Spirit told the Cherokees that, "if they love me, if they love all their brothers and sisters, and if they love the animals of the earth, when they…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTFY_mingus-mill_Bryson-City-NC.html
For over fifty years the mill you are approaching ground corn into meal and wheat into flour for the mountain community near Mingus Creek. In place of wooden water wheel, a small steel turbine provided power to run the mill's stones and machinery.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJH_tsali_Bryson-City-NC.html
Cherokee who resisted removal & escaped from U.S. troops; executed nearby, 1838. Story inspired Unto These Hills.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPPQ_deep-creek_Bryson-City-NC.html
Site of Union attack on Thomas's Legion, Feb. 2, 1864.Reduced Cherokee support for Confederacy. One mile northeast.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD7O_the-great-smokies_Bryson-City-TN.html
(Side One):The Great Smokies: scenic, diverse, culturally rich.The scenic view here are well known; lesser known is the abundance of life. The Smokies' rugged topography creates a diversity of species found in few other places in North America. An…
PAGE 2 OF 4