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Cullowhee in Jackson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Robert L. Madison

1867 ~ 1954

 
 
Robert L. Madison Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022
1. Robert L. Madison Marker
Inscription. Founder of Western Carolina University & its president, 1889-1912, & 1920-23. Lived 5 mi. N.
 
Erected 2000 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number Q-48.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.
 
Location. 35° 18.556′ N, 83° 11.264′ W. Marker is in Cullowhee, North Carolina, in Jackson County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 107 and County Highway 1325, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 107. Marker located at the entrance to Western Carolina University. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cullowhee NC 28723, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the Golden Corner. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in 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
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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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lewis J. Smith (within shouting distance of this marker); Western Carolina University (within shouting distance of this marker); Blackwood Lumber at East LaPorte (approx. 2.4 miles away); Judaculla Rock (approx. 2.6 miles away); John R. Brinkley (approx. 2.7 miles away); Aunt Sally (approx. 2.7 miles away); Rutherford Trace (approx. 4.2 miles away); a different marker also named Rutherford Trace (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cullowhee.
 
Also see . . .  The Madison Era: 1888-1912. (Submitted on May 16, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)
 
Robert L. Madison Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022
2. Robert L. Madison Marker
Robert L. Madison image. Click for full size.
3. Robert L. Madison
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 288 times since then and 24 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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