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

Deep Creek

 
 
Deep Creek Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
1. Deep Creek Marker
Inscription. Site of Union attack on Thomas's Legion, Feb. 2, 1864. Reduced Cherokee support for Confederacy. One mile northeast.
 
Erected 2010 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number Q-8.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Native AmericansWar, US CivilWaterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 2, 1875.
 
Location. 35° 25.645′ N, 83° 26.723′ W. Marker is in Bryson City, North Carolina, in Swain County. Marker is on Main Street. Near N.C. Clampitt Hardware Co. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 Main Street, Bryson City NC 28713, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Tsali (within shouting distance of this marker); War Dead of Swain County (within shouting distance of this marker); Ellen Black Winston (approx. 0.2 miles away); Horace Kephart (approx. 0.2 miles away); Yonaguska (approx. 2.2 miles away); Kituwah (approx. 2˝ miles away); Cherokee Indian Reservation / (Leaving) Cherokee Reservation (approx. 4.9 miles away); William H. Thomas (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bryson City.
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Deep Creek Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
2. Deep Creek Marker
Deep Creek Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, February 27, 2020
3. Deep Creek Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 970 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 26, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.   3. submitted on March 2, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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