Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mitchell County, North Carolina

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mitchell County, North Carolina

Adjacent to Mitchell County, North Carolina

▶ Avery County (11)
▶ McDowell County (12)
▶ Yancey County (8)
▶ Carter County, Tennessee (33)
▶ Unicoi County, Tennessee (4)

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1► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Bakersville — N 20 — Andre Michaux —

French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Roan Mountain, 12 miles north, August 16, 1794, & May 6, 1795. — — Map (db m84685) HM

2► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Bakersville — N 19 — Asa Gray —

American botanist and Harvard professor. In July, 1841, investigated flora of this region. He visited Roan Mountain, 12 miles north. — — Map (db m84684) HM

3► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Bakersville — Honoring Mitchell County's Confederate Dead —

(names) — — Map (db m84686) WM

4► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Bakersville — N 46 — Penland School —

Founded 1929 by Lucy Morgan (1889-1981) to promote traditional crafts including pottery, metal-working, and weaving. Campus 1 mile S.W. — — Map (db m79446) HM

5► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Spruce Pine — "The Blackwater Men Had Come Over the Mountain" —

Rededicated on September 29th, 1980 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the heroic march of the "Over the Mountain Men." When American independence looked hopeless a citizen army marched thru this mountain gap to challenge British . . . — — Map (db m138466) HM WM

6► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Spruce Pine — First Mountain Parkway — Crest of the Blue Ridge Highway —

The scenic mountain highway idea originated long before the Blue Ridge Parkway project began. In 1906, Joseph Hyde Pratt, North Carolina's State Geologist, proposed a toll road following the crest of the Ridge mountains from Marion, Virginia to . . . — — Map (db m140600) HM

7► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Spruce Pine — Gillespie Gap —

On Friday, September 29, 1780, a large part of the American Army passed this spot, under command of Colonels William Campbell, Isaac Shelby and John Sevier. On their march to the battle of King's Mountain, where the British and Tory forces, . . . — — Map (db m138478) HM WM

8► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Spruce Pine — N-45 — Spruce Pine Mining District —

Mica, feldspar, quartz deposits found in region 25 mi. long, 10 mi. wide. Commercial production of mica emerged 1850s. — — Map (db m44818) HM

9► North Carolina (Mitchell County), Spruce Pine — The Loops —

The old Clinchfield Railroad loops and tunnels through the Blue Ridge Mountains before you. Construction of this difficult section began in 1905 when 4,000 workmen, mainly Russian, German and Italian immigrants, began blasting and hammering their . . . — — Map (db m123180) HM

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