| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — A Home for Champions |
| | Many visitors to this barn had little idea that a world-famous writer lived nearby, for they had come here to find out about raising dairy goats. Internationally known for breeding world-record milk producers, Mrs. Sandburg managed a herd of over 200 goats here in the years of 1945-1966.
Imagine how boisterous this barnyard was at feeding and milking time each morning and evening. Perhaps unusual for their time, Lilian and Carl Sandburg were life-long boosters for each other's chosen work. A . . . — Map (db m12463) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — P4 — C.G. Memminger |
| | Secretary of the treasury of the Confederacy. from Charleston. Native of Germany. Summer home and grave nearby. — Map (db m12379) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — Connemara — Carl Sandburg Farm |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1955 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States
U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1968 — Map (db m12466) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — P 45 — Flat Rock |
| | Landmark for Indians and white settlers of this area, lies nearby . Town of Flat Rock named for this natural formation. — Map (db m12382) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — P 52 — George A. Trenholm |
| | Confederate Secretary of Treasury, 1864-65; S.C. legislator; cotton broker and financier.
Summer home "Solitude" stands 1/2 mile east. — Map (db m12417) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — Glassy Mountain Trails |
| | "We found that our land goes up... to the very top of Big Glassy Mountain---at least a mile of real climbing from the house. The timber seems endless....The hills will be white with dogwood blossoms in spring." Lilian Sandburg 1945 Glassy Mountain has granite outcroppings that can be seen for miles, glinting in the sunlight. According to local legends, the Cherokee and early pioneers named this mountain for these well-known reflections. Follow in the the Sandburgs' footsteps to . . . — Map (db m12468) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — Outdoor Inspiration |
| | "It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, 'Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?" Carl Sandburg
Throughout his years here, it was Carl Sandburg's custom to spend many afternoons on this granite outcropping, sitting in a rustic bentwood chair. On his lap rested a plain tablet of paper and a lead pencil which he sharpened with a favorite pocket-knife. . . . — Map (db m12461) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Flat Rock — P 31 — St. John in the Wilderness |
| | Episcopal Church, built 1833-34 as a private chapel. Given to Diocese of North Carolina, 1836. Enlarged in 1852. — Map (db m12381) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Albert Pike |
| | In Loving Memory
Albert Pike
Arkansas Poet of the Confederacy
Philosopher, Jurist, Philologist,
Ethnologist, Statesman, Man of Letters
Born in Boston Mass, 1809
Died in Washington D.C. 1891
The greater part of his life was passed where his work was done in Arkansas — Map (db m17830) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — P 1 — Calvary Church Episcopal |
| | Built 1859. Grave of "Bill" Nye. Memorials to many famous Southerners. — Map (db m12885) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Calvary Episopal Church — Flether, N.C. |
| | One of the oldest Churches in
Western North Carolina
Organized 1857 - Built 1859
Consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Thos. Atkinson
Bishop of North Carolina
August 21, 1859
During the Civil War this church was used as
barracks by Confederate Troops
Erected August 21, 1927, the Anniversary of the Consecration of the Church
Smaller marker, near the base of the stone:
The boyhood church and home of
Philip Lafayette Lance
Born October 25, 1852
Died November 26, . . . — Map (db m12883) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Dan Emmett |
| | In Loving Memory
"Dan" Emmett
Composer of
"Dixie"
Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio
October, 29,1815
Died in Mount Vernon, Ohio
June 28, 1904
He composed "Dixie" in New York City 1859 — Map (db m17810) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — P 6 — Edgar W. ("Bill") Nye |
| | Journalist, Humorist, 1850-96. "Buck Shoals",
his home, stands 3 1/2 miles west. Grave one mile north. — Map (db m12717) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Edgar Wilson Nye — Bill Nye |
| | 1850 - 1896
American Humorist
I will turn their mourning into Joy and will Comfort them and make the rejoice from their sorrow. Jeremiah 34:13 — Map (db m17797) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Edgar Wilson Nye |
| | In Loving Memory
Edgar Wilson Nye
"Bill Nye"
American Humorist and Friend
Born in Shirley, Maine August 25, 1850
Died At "Buck Shoals" near this spot February 22, 1898
Admitted to the Bar 1876
He belonged to the Masonic Fraternity
A member of Calvary Episcopal Church, Fletcher, N.C., for many years
His body is interred in yonder churchyard — Map (db m17798) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Frances Fisher Tiernan — "Christian Reid" |
| | In Loving Memory
Frances Fisher Tiernan
"Christian Reid"
Novelist
Born in Salisbury N.C. July 2,1846
Died in Salisbury N.C. March 24,1920
In 1876 she published her novel, "The Land of The Sky." For sometime she lived in Western North Carolina and she gave to this section of the state of North Carolina the name "The Land of the Sky" — Map (db m17826) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Francis Scott Key |
| | In Memory of
Francis Scott Key
Born at "Terra Rubra", Near Frederick, Maryland
August 1, 1779
Died in Baltimore, Maryland
January 11, 1843
He wrote
"The Star Spangled Banner"
while being detained by the British admiral under a flag of truce during the bombardment of Fort McHenry Baltimore, Maryland, by the British fleet on September 13 and the early morning of September 14, 1814.
"Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, o long may it wave
over the land of the free & the home of . . . — Map (db m17804) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — George Westfeldt |
| | In Loving Memory
George Westfeldt
A member of Calvary Episcopal Church
Fletcher, N.C.
to whom
Sidney Lanier
a visitor here
beloved poet of the South
dedicated his last poem, "Sunrise,"
"Send him my sunrise, That he may know How Entirely we are one in thought." — Map (db m17828) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Herman Frank Arnold — Musician |
| | Eilenburg Prussia Germany
October 6, 1837
Memphis, Tennessee
April 10, 1927
He orchestrayed "Dixie" and played it for the first time at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama
February 18, 1861 — Map (db m17809) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — James Whitcomb Riley — "The Hoosier Poet" |
| | In Loving Memory
James Whitcomb Riley
"The Hoosier Poet"
Born in Greenfield Indiana October 7,1853
Died in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 22,1916
A friend of "Bill Nye"
A visitor at "Buck Shoals" on the French Broad River near this Church
Erected by Doctor Joe Shelby Riley
Cousin of the Poet summer of 1937 — Map (db m17802) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Jefferson Davis — President of the Confederate States of America |
| | Soldier, Planter,
Author, Statesman
Born June 3, 1808
Fairview Kentucky
Died December 6, 1889
New Orleans, Louisiana
"He was a Statesman with clean hands and pure heart who served his people faithfully and well from budding manhood to hoary age" — Map (db m17800) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Joel Chandler Harris |
| | Eatonton, Georgia
December 9, 1848
Atlanta Georgia
July 3, 1908
Creator of
"Uncle Remus" — Map (db m17806) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — John Fox, Jr. — 1863-1919 |
| | Author of "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come"
"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" and other stories of Virginia and Kentucky
He was the interpreter of "The Heart of The Hills" and endeared to thousands of readers by the charm and truth of his work. — Map (db m17805) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Matthew Fontaine Maury |
| | Born
Spotsylvania County, VA.
January 24, 1806
Died
Lexington, VA
February 1,1873
"Pathfinder of the Seas" — Map (db m17823) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Orren Randolph Smith |
| | In Loving Memory
Orren Randolph Smith
who on February 12,1861, designed,
"The Stars and Bars"
the first official flag of the Confederacy adopted by the Confederate States Congress,
Montgomery, Alabama, March 4, 1861
Warren County, North Carolina
December 18, 1827
Henderson North Carolina,
March 3, 1913
He spent much of his life in Henderson, North Carolina, where his body is interred
To confederate comrades
"Peace to their ashes, Honor to their memory, Glory to . . . — Map (db m17819) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Robert E. Lee — Dixie Highway |
| | In loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“The shaft memorial and highway straight
attest his worth — he cometh to his own.”
— Littlefield — — Map (db m13108) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Robert Loveman — Poet |
| | In Loving Memory
Robert Loveman
Poet
Cleveland, Ohio
April 11,1864
Hot Springs, Arkansas
July 9,1923
He spent most of his life in Dalton, Georgia
where he did the greater part of his writing including the famous
"Rain Song"
"It isn't raining rain to me it's raining daffodils"
"The mortal tide move on to some immortal shore past purple peaks of dusk and dawn into the evermore" — Map (db m17827) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Sidney Lanier |
| | In memory of
Sidney Lanier 1842-1881
Poet and Musician
Who Spent his last days among these hills
"Thyself Thy Monument" — Map (db m17825) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Stephen Collins Foster |
| | In Loving Memory
Stephen Collins Foster
Composer of
"Suwanee River," "Old Kentucky Home," "Massa's in The Cold Ground," "O Susanna," "Old Black Joe," "Nelly Bly," "Old Dog Tray," and other well known songs
Born near Pittsburgh, PA., July 4,1826
Died in New York City, January 13, 1864 — Map (db m17829) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — William Sydney Porter — "O. Henry" — American Short Story Writer |
| | In loving memory
William Sydney Porter
"O.Henry"
American Short Story Writer
Born in Greensboro N.C. September 11, 1862
Died in New York City June 5, 1910
A visitor in Western No. Carolina
His body is interred in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
"He saw no longer the rabble, but his brothers seeking the ideal" — Map (db m17799) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Fletcher — Zebulon Baird Vance |
| | In Loving Memory
Zebulon Baird Yance
Friend, Patriot, Philanthropist, Scholar, Orator, Statesman
Loyal friend to the Jewish people whom he honored in his classic lecture
"The scattered nation"
Born near Asheville N.C. May 18, 1836
Elected Governor of North Carolina
1862 - 1864 - 1876
Senator from North Carolina
1879-1894
Died in Washington D.C. April 15, 1894
His Body is interred in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C. — Map (db m17813) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — Civil War |
| | In Honor of The Citizens of Henderson County who served in the Union Army during the Civil War for the Preservation of The United States of America and in Gratitude to their families. — Map (db m20445) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — Hendersonville Gulf War Memorial |
| | In Honor of the Citizens of Henderson County who served their country in the Gulf War and in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and on Terrorism at home and abroad and for the sacrifices of their families. — Map (db m20453) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — Hendersonville Vietnam Memorial |
| | In memory of those who served,
especially to those who gave all
donated by those who still care.
Designed by Jerry Gordon
Feb. 8, 1947 - Oct. 4, 1995 — Map (db m20450) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — Hendersonville War Memorial |
| | In memory of those who served
Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Grenada, Lebanon, Panama
Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan — Map (db m20454) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — P 82 — Howard Gap Road |
| | Route used by Indians & settlers in crossing the Blue Ridge. Named for Capt. Thomas Howard, 1776 militia leader. — Map (db m12384) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — P 43 — Judson College |
| | Baptist. Chartered in 1861 as Judson Female College; later coeducational. Operated 1882-1892 in building which stood three blocks S.W. — Map (db m12418) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — Korean War |
| | Korean War
6-25-50 7-27-53
"Freedom is not Free" — Map (db m20449) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — Revolutionary Soldiers |
| | In Honor of
Revolutionary Soldiers
Buried in
Henderson County
William Capps • John Peter Corn
William Senter • Joseoh Henry
James Johnson • Andrew Miller
Samuel King • Abraham Huymendall
James Brittaim • Jesse Richman
Elljah Williamson • Rev. Joel Balkwell
Dedicated and Names added 2008
William Erwin • Joseph Henry
Noble Johnston • Matthew Maybin
John Merrell • Jacob Shipman
James Stepp — Map (db m20444) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — The Inn on Church |
| | Originally built in 1919 as the Aloah Hotel, the three story building reflects the Classical Revival style popular in the 1920's. The last surviving example of the many hotels once in this part of Hendersonville, it also operated as the Carson Hotel and the Hendersonville Inn. The building was totally restored in 2000. — Map (db m12519) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — P 65 — Wolfe's Angel |
| | Marble statue from the Asheville shop of W.O.Wolfe. Inspired title of son Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel. Stands 150 feet south. — Map (db m12421) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — World War I |
| | In Honor of The Citizens of Henderson County who served in World War I and for the sacrifices of their families. — Map (db m20447) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Hendersonville — World War II |
| | In Honor of the Citizens of Henderson County who served in World War II and for the sacrifices of their families. — Map (db m20448) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Tuxedo — P 25 — Vance-Carson Duel |
| | On Nov. 5, 1827, Robert B. Vance, Former N.C. Congressman, was fatally wounded in a duel by Samuel P. Carson, his successor. 1/2 mile S.E. — Map (db m12436) |
| North Carolina (Henderson County), Waynesville — Museum Of N.C. Handicrafts |
| | Featuring farm home developed about 1878 by Stephen J. Shelton and family Later owned and developed by their son W.T. Shelton Preserved 1944-1977 for community use by Charles and Sally Ray for museum and related purposes — Map (db m12821) |
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