| North Carolina (Haywood County), Canton — Haywood County World War II Monument |
| | This Monument is Dedicated to the Men and Women of Haywood county who served during World War II and to those who gave their lives in defense of our country.
A nearby stone marker lists local World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Winners
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their lives above and beyond the call of duty"
William D. Halyburton. Jr.
Killed while serving whit a Marine Rifle Co. Bn., in the 2nd Bn.,5th Marines, 1st Marine Div., . . . — Map (db m19948) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Canton — P-19 — Morning Star Church |
| | Organized by German
Lutherans about 1825;
Methodist since 1866.
Is 2½ miles south. — Map (db m17098) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Canton — P-40 — Rutherford Trace |
| | The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept. 1776, passed near-by along Hominy Creek. — Map (db m17096) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Clyde — The Armed Forces from Clyde Town-ship |
| | In Memory of the members of the armed forces from Clyde Town-ship who gave their lives for their country.
Erected by the Town of Clyde, its citizens, and the Chamber of Commerce.
World War I
PFC. Melvin Rhinehart
World War II
CPL Ernest Case • PVT James Clark • PFC Russell C. Fleming • LT. JG Paul Gossett • CPL. Carroll Hawkins • CPL. Ray Hughey • S/SGT Earl Leatherwood • PVT. Lucious Lindsey • S/SGT. Jack Messer • PFC. Jack Rathbone • M.S. Harry Lee Stamey
Korean Conflict . . . — Map (db m19392) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Cove Creek — P-51 — "Cataloochee Trail" |
| | Indian path across the
mountains used by early
settlers and in 1810 by
Bishop Francis Asbury.
Trail passed nearby. — Map (db m11923) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Lake Junaluska — P-50 — Cataloochee Trail |
| | An old Indian path
across mountains used
by early settlers and
in 1810 by Bishop Asbury.
Trail passed nearby. — Map (db m11812) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Maggie Valley — Bishop Francis Asbury — 1745 - 1816 |
| | Considered "The Father of American
Methodism" arrived in America 1771
calm in temperament, courageous,
and untiring in effort, this
"Prophet of the long road" was
foremost among early American
circuit riders and Colonists — Map (db m17350) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Maggie Valley — P-26 — Felix Walker |
| | Revolutionary officer, member Congress, 1817~ 23, where, in "talking for Buncombe" (County), he gave new meaning to the word. Home was 1/2 mi. N. — Map (db m11786) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Maggie Valley — Honorable Chief Junaluska — Gul'kala'ski - Tsu - Mu - La - Hun - Ski — 1758 - 1858 |
| | Junaluska was a peace-loving Chief in Western North
Carolina. When Lake Junaluska was established, the name selected was that of the mountain keeping vigil over the lake-Junaluska Mountain - Honoring the chief. Chief Junaluska, member of the famous Cherokee regiment, served with distinction in the War of 1812 and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, was credited with saving General Andrew Jackson's life, and was recognized for his military service. He was in the removal to Oklahoma in 1836 but . . . — Map (db m17347) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Maggie Valley — Kirk's Raid — Unwanted Intruders |
| | On February 1, 1865, Col. George Kirk, 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (U.S.), left Newport, Tennessee, with 400 cavalry and 200 infantry for a raid into Haywood County. He passed through the mountains at Mount Sterling, following the Cataloochee Turnpike up Jonathan Creek Valley to Waynesville. While in the valley, his men killed former Confederates Absolom B. Carver and James E. Rice. Kirk and his raiders also burned the home of Young Bennett in Cataloochee and then burned a school that . . . — Map (db m12895) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Maggie Valley — P-7 — Qualla Boundary |
| | Soco Gap, initial point
of U.S. survey, 1876,
of Cherokee Reservation,
created through earlier
efforts of W. H. Thomas,
White Cherokee Chief. — Map (db m12781) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — Battle House — Surrender-Role Reversal |
| | Until it was demolished in 1899, the Battle House, a stagecoach house and inn, stood just to your left.
There, on May 7, 1865, a proposed Union surrender was transformed into a Confederate capitulation.
After Col. William C. Bartlett's 2nd N.C. Mounted Infantry (U.S.) occupied Waynesville early in May, the troops emptied the jail (located near the current police station), then burned it and the courthouse. They also burned the former residence of Robert Love, Sr., a well-regarded . . . — Map (db m12892) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — P-10 — Martin's Surrender |
| | Gen. James G. Martin,
surrendered the army of
Western North Carolina,
the last Confederate
force in the state, in
Waynesville, May 6, 1865. — Map (db m11737) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — P 58 — N.C. Education Association |
| | Organized in 1884 as
N.C. Teachers Assembly
in the White Sulphur
Springs Hotel. Building
was one mile northwest. — Map (db m17759) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — P-41 — Rutherford Trace |
| | The expedition led by
Gen. Griffith Rutherford
against the Cherokee,
Sept. 1776, passed here,
through Pigeon Gap. — Map (db m11791) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — P-42 — Rutherford Trace |
| | The expedition led by
Gen. Griffith Rutherford
against the Cherokee,
Sept, 1776, passed here,
through Balsam Gap. — Map (db m11792) |
| North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — Turpin's Chapel - Maple Grove United Methodist Church |
| | Founded 1865 by Capt. John Turpin, CSA (NC)-POW
Non-denominational until 1885. Became Turpin's
Chapel MEC (South) 1885. Name changed to Maple
Grove MEC (South) 1912. Became Maple Grove Methodist Church 1949 and Maple Grove United Methodist Church 1968. Also the site of the first church in Haywood County (Baptist-ca. 1795) and the location of the first church related cemetery in Haywood County, NC
Asbury/Cataloochee Trail lies 1/4 mile north.
A church in the crossroads of history. . . . — Map (db m19734) |
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