Historical Markers and War Memorials in Clay County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Clay County, North Carolina
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► North Carolina (Clay County), Brasstown — Q-49 — John C. Campbell Folk School —  |
| On Brasstown Road (County Highway 1564) north of Harshaw Road (County Highway 1558), on the left when traveling north. | |||
| Est. in 1925 by Olive D. Campbell and Marguerite Butler, who adapted the Danish folk school model to study of the region. — — Map (db m156231) HM | |||
| 2► North Carolina (Clay County), Brasstown — John C. Campbell Folk School — |
| 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 | |||
| 3► North Carolina (Clay County), Hayesville — Q15 — Fort Hembree — |
| 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 | |||
| 4► North Carolina (Clay County), Hayesville — Q37 — George W. Truett — |
| 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 | |||
| 5► North Carolina (Clay County), Hayesville — In Memory Our War Dead — |
| 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 | |||
| 6► North Carolina (Clay County), Hayesville — Quanassee Town and the Spikebuck Mound — |
| Near Anderson Street. | |||
| 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 mound . . . — — Map (db m41949) HM | |||
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