Near State Highway 107 0.2 miles south of Whiteside Cove Road (County Route 1107), on the right when traveling south.
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
On Wolfetown Road (U.S. 19) at Keener Cabin Road, on the right when traveling west on Wolfetown Road.
Methodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c.1840-1885. School established 1850. Missionary's house Stands 50 yards north. — — Map (db m12719) HM
On U.S. 441 at Campground Cemetery Road on U.S. 441.
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
On Witch Hazel Drive (State Highway 107) west of Witch Hazel Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On U.S. 23/441 south of Haywood Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near State Highway 107 south of Helen Zachary Road (County Highway 1735), on the right when traveling south.
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
On Judaculla Rock Road (County Highway 1741) 0.5 miles east of Caney Fork Road (County Highway 1737), on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Judaculla Rock Road (County Highway 1741) 0.5 miles east of Caney Fork Road (County Highway 1737), on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Judaculla Rock Road (County Highway 1741) 0.5 miles east of Caney Fork Road (County Highway 1737), on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Judaculla Rock Road (County Highway 1741) 0.5 miles east of Caney Fork Road (County Highway 1737), on the right when traveling south.
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
On Whiteside Cove Road (County Road 1107) 0.3 miles south of Twin Lakes Drive, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Brest Avenue (U.S. 158) at Thomas Bragg Drive, on the right when traveling north on Brest Avenue.
Children’s book author, advocate for civil rights & higher education. Wrote Crackerjack Pony in 1969. Lived in Occoneechee Neck. — — Map (db m288552) HM
On West Main Street (Business U.S. 23) at Keener Street (North Carolina Route 107), on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
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
On Keener Street (North Carolina Route 107) at West Main Street (Business U.S. 23), on the right when traveling south on Keener Street.
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
On Allen Street at Mill Street (Business U.S. 23), on the left when traveling north on Allen Street.
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
On Great Smokey Mountain Expy (State Highway 74) at Ferguson Road on Great Smokey Mountain Expy.
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
On Henry Bird Road (U.S. 74) west of U.S. 441, on the right when traveling east.
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
