Near Brasstown Road (County Highway 1564) at Harshaw Road (County Highway 1558), on the right when traveling north.
Listen. You may hear fiddling on the porch, the anvil’s ring from the Blacksmith’s Shop, students singing in the garden as the pick vegetables for tonight’s supper, or calls of bluebirds along the trails. You may catch the aroma of bread, fresh from . . . — — Map (db m156267) HM
On Sanderson Street north of Herbert Street, on the right when traveling north.
The art of quilting dates back centuries as an early form of recycling. Pieces of worn family clothing, farm feed sacks and other fabrics were hand stitched together to create patchwork designs for warm coverings. Quilts have a role in Clay County . . . — — Map (db m272424) HM
On Sanderson Street north of Herbert Street, on the right when traveling north.
The term "traditional music" includes the Appalachian music that pre-dated bluegrass. For many decades the fiddle and banjo formed the band for square dances. The two instruments were equal partners. The guitar was added to the fiddle/banjo duo in . . . — — Map (db m272425) HM
On Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
Native people lived here in the upper Hiwassee River Valley for hundreds of generations before the first European travelers reached this area in the sixteenth cetury. Thousands of sites where they lived, worked, and played dot the river and creek . . . — — Map (db m272440) HM
Near Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
Turkey Gorget
The stiff wing feathers of the Turkey are used to fashion arrows. The tail makes a wonderful fan. The beautiful iridescent bronze, brown, and black body feathers were woven into warm water-repellant cloaks. These large birds . . . — — Map (db m272457) HM
On Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
Cherokee Summer House
(go-ga ga-la-tso-de)
The rectangular summer houses were built with a framework of vertical posts supporting a gabled roof. The roof was often covered with slabs of bark or grass thatch. The walls may have been . . . — — Map (db m272429) HM
Near Ball Park Drive 0.4 miles east of Anderson Street when traveling east.
The Cherokee population in 1720 is estimated at 16,400 and inhabited about 60 towns in Western North Carolina, Northwest South Carolina, North Georgia and East Tennessee. Smaller settlements and hunting grounds extended into Alabama, Kentucky and . . . — — Map (db m272409) HM
On Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
Late prehistoric and early historic period Cherokee villages typically included winter or "hot" houses and summer houses, large community buildings such as town or council houses as well as numerous smaller structures for religious/healing, . . . — — Map (db m272430) HM
On Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
The Clay County Historical and Arts Council Museum occupies this brick building constructed in 1912 and used as the county jail until 1972. Its unique features include thick concrete walls, steel doors, and the actual jail cells that housed . . . — — Map (db m272441) HM
On Main Street at Hiawasee Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
One of the forts where General Winfield Scott's United States Forces gathered the Cherokee before moving them west, stood 3/4 mi. N. W. — — Map (db m41936) HM
On Hiawasee Street (Business U.S. 64) at Pass Street, on the right when traveling north on Hiawasee Street.
Pastor First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1897-1944, president of Baptist World Alliance. His birthplace stands one mile northwest. — — Map (db m41938) HM
Near Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
After a few years of fundraising by Historic Hayesville, Inc. and community support from individual donors, the old Hayesville Town Hall was successfully moved in 2019 to be preserved as a part of Clay County history. HHI provided transport of the . . . — — Map (db m272427) HM
On Main Street at Herbert Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
World War I
Charles Burrell •
Columbus Myers •
Bob Roach •
Marion Rogers •
Paul Hogsed •
Sam Hooper
World War II
Sam H. Allison •
Dottie Barnes •
John R. Berrong •
Sam J. Bristol, Jr. •
Cline Cunningham •
Jack . . . — — Map (db m41950) HM
On Ball Park Drive 0.4 miles east of Anderson Street when traveling east.
In 1700, this area was home to a thriving Cherokee community called Quanassee. The heart of the village was a townhouse, a combined civic center, council house, and temple that was located atop the mound (today called the Spikebuck Mound) that . . . — — Map (db m272419) HM
Near Anderson Street. Reported permanently removed.
In 1700, the river bottoms surrounding present day Hayesville were home to a thriving Cherokee community called Quanassee. The heart of the village was a townhouse, a combined civic center, council house, and temple that was located atop the . . . — — Map (db m272465) HM
Near Ball Park Drive 0.4 miles east of Anderson Street when traveling east.
Long before Europeans visited Quanassee town, this valley was home to large communities of native farmers who produced crops of corn, beans, pumpkins, sunflowers, and tobacco in the rich riverbottoms along the Hiwassee. The Spikebuck mound and . . . — — Map (db m272412) HM
On Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
Three vegetables: corn, beans and squash, were referred to as the Three Sisters and are planted together on a small mound. The traditional Three Sisters Garden forms a community of plants, where corn, beans and squash benefit from a natural . . . — — Map (db m272428) HM
