| North Carolina (Macon County), Franklin — Battle of Echoe |
| | Beginning in 1758, South Carolina engaged in a four-year war with the Cherokee Indians, whose descendants now live in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. This war resulted from French efforts to incite the Southern Indians against the British in the French and Indian War (1754-63).
South Carolina Governor William H. Lyttleton in 1759 made the first effort to defeat the Indians but failed because of a smallpox epidemic which caused the abandonment of his expedition. In 1760 . . . — Map (db m3263) |
| North Carolina (Macon County), Franklin — Q-9 — Nikwasi |
| | This mound marks site of old Cherokee town, Nikwasi. A council of Sir Alexander Cuming with the Indians here lead to a treaty, 1730. — Map (db m3261) |
| North Carolina (Macon County), Highlands — Q 17 — De Soto |
| | In 1540 an expeditionof Spaniards led by
De Soto, frist Europeans to explore this
area, passed near here. — Map (db m20979) |
| North Carolina (Macon County), Highlands — Samuel T. Kelsey |
| |
In Honor of
Samuel T. Kelsey
who planned and founded
the Town of
Highlands
in the year
1875
A True Pioneer in the Wilderness — Map (db m20981) |
| North Carolina (Macon County), Highlands — Q 55 — Thomas Harbison — 1862 - 1936 |
| | Botanist and educator.
Pioneer in the study of
flora, southeastern U.S.
Highlands his base after
1886; taught here. — Map (db m20980) |
| North Carolina (Macon County), Otto — Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory |
| | The 4015-acre basin below has been a world-famous forest and water laboratory since 1933. Here, a variety of forest cutting experiments have increased flow of pure water by almost a half million gallons per acre per year without increasing soil erosion or flooding. These classic experiments have shown that the forest ecosystem can be managed without ruining the priceless water it produces. Research continues to learn how these forests can best be managed to serve the public’s water, timber, . . . — Map (db m3260) |
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