In Memory of
Albert Pike
Arkansas Poet of the Confederacy
Philosopher, Jurist, Philologist
Ethnologist, Statesman
Man of Letters
Born in Boston Mass, 1809
Died in Washington D.C. 1891
The greater part of his life was passed . . . — — Map (db m80982) HM
One of the oldest Churches in
Western North Carolina
Organized 1857 - Built 1859
Consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Thos. Atkinson
Bishop of North Carolina
August 21, 1859
During the Civil War this church was used as
barracks by Confederate . . . — — Map (db m12883) HM
1850 - 1896
American Humorist
I will turn their mourning into Joy and will Comfort them and make the rejoice from their sorrow. Jeremiah 34:13 — — Map (db m17797) HM
In Loving Memory
Edgar Wilson Nye
"Bill Nye"
American Humorist and Friend
Born in Shirley, Maine August 25, 1850
Died At "Buck Shoals" near this spot February 22, 1898
Admitted to the Bar 1876
He belonged to the Masonic Fraternity . . . — — Map (db m17798) HM
In Loving Memory
Frances Fisher Tiernan
"Christian Reid"
Novelist
Born in Salisbury N.C. July 2, 1846
Died in Salisbury N.C. March 24, 1920
In 1876 she published her novel, "The Land of The Sky." For sometime she lived in Western . . . — — Map (db m81016) HM
In Memory of
Francis Scott Key
Born at "Terra Rubra", Near Frederick, Maryland
August 1, 1779
Died in Baltimore, Maryland
January 11, 1843
He wrote
"The Star Spangled Banner"
while being detained by the British admiral under a . . . — — Map (db m81017) HM
In Loving Memory
George Westfeldt
A member of Calvary Episcopal Church
Fletcher, N.C.
to whom
Sidney Lanier
a visitor here
beloved poet of the South
dedicated his last poem, "Sunrise,"
"Send him my sunrise, That he may know How . . . — — Map (db m81018) HM
Eilenburg Prussia Germany
October 6, 1837
Memphis, Tennessee
April 10, 1927
He orchestrated "Dixie" and played it for the first time at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama
February 18, . . . — — Map (db m81019) HM
In Loving Memory
James Whitcomb Riley
"The Hoosier Poet"
Born in Greenfield Indiana October 7, 1853
Died in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 22, 1916
A friend of "Bill Nye"
A visitor at "Buck Shoals" on the French Broad River near this . . . — — Map (db m81020) HM
Soldier, Planter,
Author, Statesman
Born June 3, 1808
Fairview Kentucky
Died December 6, 1889
New Orleans, Louisiana
"He was a Statesman with clean hands and pure heart who served his people faithfully and well from budding manhood to . . . — — Map (db m17800) HM
Author of "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come"
"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" and other stories of Virginia and Kentucky
He was the interpreter of "The Heart of The Hills" and endeared to thousands of readers by the charm and truth of his . . . — — Map (db m81022) HM
In Loving Memory
Orren Randolph Smith
who on February 12, 1861, designed,
"The Stars and Bars"
the first official flag of the Confederacy adopted by the Confederate States Congress,
Montgomery, Alabama, March 4, 1861
Warren . . . — — Map (db m81024) HM
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.”
— . . . — — Map (db m13108) HM
In Loving Memory
Robert Loveman
Poet
Cleveland, Ohio
April 11,1864
Hot Springs, Arkansas
July 9,1923
He spent most of his life in Dalton, Georgia
where he did the greater part of his writing including the famous
"Rain Song" . . . — — Map (db m81025) HM
In Loving Memory
Stephen Collins Foster
Composer of
"Suwanee River," "Old Kentucky Home," "Massa's in The Cold Ground," "O Susanna," "Old Black Joe," "Nelly Bly," "Old Dog Tray," and other well known songs
Born near Pittsburgh, PA., . . . — — Map (db m81027) HM
In loving memory
William Sydney Porter
"O.Henry"
American Short Story Writer
Born in Greensboro N.C. September 11, 1862
Died in New York City June 5, 1910
A visitor in Western No. Carolina
His body is interred in Riverside . . . — — Map (db m81028) HM
In Loving Memory
Zebulon Baird Yance
Friend, Patriot, Philanthropist, Scholar, Orator, Statesman
Loyal friend to the Jewish people whom he honored in his classic lecture
"The scattered nation"
Born near Asheville N.C. May 18, 1836 . . . — — Map (db m81029) HM