Lake Junaluska in Haywood County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

"Cataloochee Trail"

circa June 1999

1. Cataloochee Trail Marker

Inscription. An old Indian path across mountains used by early settlers and in 1810 by Bishop Asbury. Trail passed nearby.

Erected 1959. (Marker Number P-50.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Religion & Religious Structures • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher, and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.

Location. 35° 31.392′ N, 82° 58.867′ W. Marker is in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, in Haywood County. It is on Dellwood Road (U.S. 19) 0 miles south of N. Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lake Junaluska NC 28745, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains, specifically in Greater Asheville,

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is

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in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Turpin's Chapel - Maple Grove United Methodist Church (approx. half a mile away); Bishop Francis Asbury (approx. 0.7 miles away); Honorable Chief Junaluska (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lambuth Inn (approx. 0.9 miles away); Haywood County Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Haywood County Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Haywood County Korean War Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Haywood County Veterans Monument (approx. 2.1 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2008, by M. L. 'Mitch' Gambrell of Taylors, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,490 times since then and 20 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on September 27, 2008. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.