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Robert E. Lee

Dixie Highway

 
 
Robert E. Lee Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 27, 2009
1. Robert E. Lee Marker
Inscription.
Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and friends
in loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
"The shaft memorial and highway straight
attest his worth- he cometh to his own"
Littlefield

 
Erected 1926 by United Daughters of the Confederacy and friends.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
 
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 47.851′ N, 82° 41.039′ W. Marker was in Marshall, North Carolina, in Madison County. It was on Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 58 Main Street, Marshall NC 28753, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Carolina’s Mountains. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western
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World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 5 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Buncombe Turnpike (a few steps from this marker); David Vance (a few steps from this marker); Colonel Edward F. Rector, USAF (a few steps from this marker); The Charters of Freedom (a few steps from this marker); Col. Lawrence M. Allen House (within shouting distance of this marker); Marshall (within shouting distance of this marker); Marshall High School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jewell Hill (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marshall.
 
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Other Dixie Highway Markers.
 
Robert E. Lee Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 27, 2009
2. Robert E. Lee Marker
Robert E. Lee Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 27, 2009
3. Robert E. Lee Marker
Robert E. Lee Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, August 20, 2022
4. Robert E. Lee Marker
Marker missing
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,419 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on February 1, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.   4. submitted on February 1, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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