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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Madison County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Madison County, North Carolina
▶ Buncombe County (90) ▶ Haywood County (34) ▶ Yancey County (8) ▶ Cocke County, Tennessee (15) ▶ Greene County, Tennessee (80) ▶ Unicoi County, Tennessee (4)
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| On Walnut Street at Lance Avenue on Walnut Street. |
| | English folklorist Cecil Sharp in 1916 collected ballads in the "Laurel Country." Jane Gentry, who supplied many of the songs, lived here. — — Map (db m23129) HM |
| | Founded as Dorland Institute in 1887 by Dr. and Mrs. Luke Dorland. Taken over by Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in 1893. Became Dorland-Bell Institute in 1918 when consolidated with Bell Institute from Jewell Hill. Moved to Asheville in 1942 as part of . . . — — Map (db m23128) HM |
| | Health resort since 1800. Name changed from Warm Springs, 1886. Internment camp for Germans in World War 1 was here. — — Map (db m23127) HM |
| | Early landmark. Site of Blockhouse to protect settlers
from Indians, 1793. Figures on rock resemble paintings. Is 5 ½ miles northwest. — — Map (db m23131) HM |
| On U.S. 25 at S. Serpentine, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 25. |
| | 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 m3267) HM |
| On U.S. 25/70, on the left when traveling east. |
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Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and friends
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 . . . — — Map (db m129217) WM |
| On River Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On October 17, 1863, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside reported from Knoxville, Tennessee, that "a regiment of North Carolina troops we are now organizing here yesterday captured Warm Springs, N.C., and now hold Paint Rock Gap." This regiment, the 2nd . . . — — Map (db m23687) HM |
| | "Minstrel of Appalachia."
Folklorist, collector,&
performer. Pioneered and
promoted American folk
festivals. Was born here. — — Map (db m22783) HM |
| | Baptist; coeducational. Founded 1856 as French Broad Baptist Institute. Name Changed 1859, Senior college since 1962. — — Map (db m22786) HM |
| | Baptist farm families here established Mars Hills College in 1856. The four-acre college campus had three structures by 1861: a two-story brick classroom building, a frame dormitory for boys, and a frame teachers' residence. They stood about 75 . . . — — Map (db m23140) HM |
| | Thirteen men and boys, suspected of Unionism, were killed by Confederate soldiers in early 1863. Graves 8 mi. E. — — Map (db m23126) HM |
| On Main Street at Bridge Street on Main Street. |
| | "Completed in 1827 from Saluda Gap to Buncombe County Court House and along the French Broad River by way of Barnard's and Warm Springs to Tennessee line. Served as the major trade route through mountains of western North Carolina until 1882." — — Map (db m23690) HM |
| On North Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Colonel Edward F. Rector, a native of Madison County, NC, proudly served our country in World War II as a member of the Flying Tigers. — — Map (db m75567) WM |
| On Main Street at Bridge Street on Main Street. |
| | Stock Stand owned by Vance, father of Governor Zebulon B. Vance, stood a few yard to the east. The Stand or Inn was also the home of the Vance family for a few years. In 1853 Zebulon Vance gave land as a site for Marshall as the county seat. — — Map (db m23692) HM |
| | Missionary and teacher, Her Allanstand Cottage Industries promote the revival of Appalachian handicrafts. Lived here. — — Map (db m23125) HM |
| On South Main Street (Business U.S. 70) west of Hill Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On May 13, 1861, voters gathered here in Marshall, the Madison County seat, to elect a delegate for the Secession Convention to be held in Raleigh. The citizens were divided in their loyalties. Sheriff Ransom P. Merrill and others were later . . . — — Map (db m75592) HM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m23695) HM |
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