Near Franklin in Macon County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Cowee

Photographed by Dave W, July 10, 2022

1. COWEE Marker

Inscription. Principal settlement of the Cherokee Middle Towns. Council house stood on mound 300 yds. S. Town destroyed during the Revolution.

Erected 2010 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number Q-39.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 35° 15.72′ N, 83° 24.641′ W. Marker is near Franklin, North Carolina, in Macon County. It is at the intersection of West Mills Road and Bryson City Road (State Highway 28), on the right when traveling south on West Mills Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20 W Mills Rd, Franklin NC 28734, 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,

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pottery Clay (within shouting distance of this marker); Nokwisiyi (Star Place) (approx. 5.7 miles away); Na'ha or Rebecca Morris (approx. 5.7 miles away); Nikwasi (approx. 5.7 miles away); Nikwasi Mound (approx. 5.7 miles away); The Bartram Trail (approx. 5.8 miles away); William Bartram Naturalist (approx. 5.8 miles away); Dixie Hall (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Cherokee Defeat (was approx. 3½ miles away but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2022, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 571 times since then and 29 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 10, 2022, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. Wide shot of marker and its surroundings. Accurate GPS coordinates. • Can you help?