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Cherokee in Swain County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Keener Craft Shop

Rev. Horace Ulrich Keener

 
 
Keener Craft Shop Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022
1. Keener Craft Shop Marker
Inscription. 1st resident missionary to Cherokee Indians, appointed by Holston Conference, lived in this log cabin know as the original parsonage.
br> Built 1847.

This log cabin was purchased in 1959 from the Soco Community Club by Dr. Walter Miller then Chairman of Board of Missions of W.N.C.C.

This log cabin stands today as a tribute and memorial to Rev. Horace Ulrich Keener.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureChurches & ReligionNative AmericansSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.
 
Location. 35° 28.04′ N, 83° 16.457′ W. Marker is in Cherokee, North Carolina, in Swain County. Marker is at the intersection of Keener Cabin Road and Wolfetown Road (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling south on Keener Cabin Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cherokee NC 28719, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Echota Mission (within shouting distance of this marker); Deer Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Trail of Tears (approx. 2.6 miles away); Blue Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Paint Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Museum of the Cherokee Indian (approx. 2.6 miles away);
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Wild Potato Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Sequoyah (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cherokee.
 
Also see . . .  Horace Ulrich Keener (1801 - 1856). (Submitted on May 16, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)
 
Keener Craft Shop Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022
2. Keener Craft Shop Marker
Keener Craft Shop image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022
3. Keener Craft Shop
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 217 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 16, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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