Confederate Col. William H. Thomas organized Thomas’s Legion of Cherokee Indians and Mountaineers is western North Carolina in September 1862. The people of this area were sometime referred to as highlanders, and local residents called Thomas’s unit . . . — — Map (db m75455) HM
Macon County has many mineral springs, most famous of which is Red Boiling Springs, named for its red sediment. Noted for medicinal qualities of their waters, these springs were “visited during the hot season by invalids and pleasure seekers. “. . . . — — Map (db m201162) HM
Born on April 30, 1926 in the Nantahala community of Macon County, he graduated from high school in Andrews, and then served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
In 1943 he became a telegrapher for the Southern Railway in Nantahala. Starting a . . . — — Map (db m156083) HM
Macon County was created by the Alabama Legislature on December 18, 1832 and formed out of land formerly belonging to the Creek Indians. The County was named for Nathaniel Macon, a Revolutionary War soldier and long-serving political leader . . . — — Map (db m99677) HM
Here stood Dixie Hall, the home of prosperous local merchant Julius T. Siler. A landowner and slaveholder. Siler joined the Confederate army along with about 3,000 other Macon County men and served as the captain of Company E, 6th North Carolina . . . — — Map (db m75472) HM
Long before the first settlers arrived here in 1818, this area teased explorers with hints of mineral wealth — especially gold, silver and copper. Not much interest was taken in Macon County's gemstones until a farmer turned up some strange . . . — — Map (db m123227) HM
Russell House
This was a busy Appalachian farmstead in the late 1800's and early 1900's. You could hear the laughter of children playing in the creek, lowing cattle and clucking chickens as they searched for food. Ganaway Russell built a . . . — — Map (db m20978) HM
Wedgwood potteries, England, used several tons of clay taken in 1767 from a nearby pit by Thomas Griffiths, a South Carolina planter. — — Map (db m187801) HM
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