The Zachary family of Cashiers symbolizes the divided loyalties of western North Carolinians. The builder of this house, Mordecai Zachery, had strong ties to the Confederacy, as did others in the area. Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton sent his . . . — — Map (db m75476) HM
Methodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c.1840-1885. School established 1850. Missionary's house Stands 50 yards north. — — Map (db m12719) HM
Businessman, planter and author
Agent and attorney for the Eastern Cherokees
Member of the North Carolina State Senate and Chairman of its Committee on Internal Improvements
Early railroad builder in western North Carolina
Builder of . . . — — Map (db m17930) HM
The boyhood home
of
Dr. John R. Brinkley
and his
Aunt Sally.
Her grave is on the hilltop across the river. She is remembered and loved for her ministrations to the sick of this community.
In loving memory
by
her "little boy . . . — — Map (db m176818) HM
Many arrested under Jim Crow laws; leased from the state to build WNC Railroad. Many died, including 19 who drowned near Cowee Tunnel, 1882. — — Map (db m258733) HM
The railroad was key to large-scale logging. In the 1880s, a railroad line was constructed through western North Carolina. Now able to move freight, lumber companies were established in Jackson County, including Blackwood Lumber. In 1922, Blackwood . . . — — Map (db m198034) HM
The Judaculla Rock cultural and archaeological site is one of America’s most significant historical places. Revered through the ages by the Cherokee, the site’s rich cultural legacy makes this one of their most important ancestral places. The rock . . . — — Map (db m198046) HM
For generations, the Cherokees lived in clusters of independent towns located along river bottoms throughout the Southern Appalachians. Their traditional territory extended into eight modern states. Judaculla Rock is thirty miles from the Qualla . . . — — Map (db m198048) HM
The markings on Judaculla Rock were made by Cherokee Indians at different points in time. Over 3,000 years ago, they began to quarry soapstone from the surface of Judaculla Rock, chipping off pieces to carve into bowls. The scars that remain from . . . — — Map (db m198053) HM
According to Cherokee legend, Judaculla was a slant-eyed giant who lived high up in the Balsam Mountains. He guarded his hunting grounds from Judaculla’s Judgement Seat, today known as Devil’s Courthouse, a site reached from the Blue Ridge Parkway. . . . — — Map (db m198052) HM
Smallest U.S. post office
occupied this bldg. 1878-1953
Captions (clockwise from top left)
• Thomas Bumgarner, son of Reverend Frank and Molina Bumgarner, filling out a money order at Grimshawe's Post Office. Thomas served in the . . . — — Map (db m187465) HM
Children’s book author, advocate for civil rights & higher education. Wrote Crackerjack Pony in 1969. Lived in Occoneechee Neck. — — Map (db m288552) HM
This property
has been placed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Dr Delos Dexter
Hooper House
1906 — — Map (db m275651) HM
Jackson County dedicates this memorial to all veterans, living and deceased, who honorably served their country that freedom may reign.
Veterans Day
November 11, 2007
Board of Commissioners
Brian T. McMahan, Chairman • Joe . . . — — Map (db m275653) WM
This Monument is to Honor all the Men & Women of Jackson County who served Honorably. In the Armed Forces of the United States and in Memory of those who
gave their lives for their Country — — Map (db m20256) HM
The original Sylva train depot was constructed on this site in 1884 with the arrival of the Western North Carolina Railroad. The railroad's decision to locate the rail line on the north side of King's Mountain shifted Jackson County's retail and . . . — — Map (db m275650) HM
Site of Daniel Bryson Sr. and Artic Virginia Dillard Brysons' home, where on March 21, 1853 the first court of Jackson County, N.C. was held, and on March 23, 1853 the county government was formed-the structure was razed in 1956 — — Map (db m12701) HM
To our Valiant Fathers: - Champions of Reconciliation with Justice,of Union Manhood,of Peace with Honor;they fought with Faithfulness,and suffered in silence. To our Heroic Mothers:-
spartan in Devotion,Teuton in Sacrifice,in Patience Superior . . . — — Map (db m12931) HM
White chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee. Secured reservation for them. Confederate colonel. State senator. Home, "Stekoih Fields", stood ¼ mi. S. — — Map (db m198004) HM
