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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «avery county» AND «north carolina»

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from The Blue Ridge Stemwinder, by John R. Waite
Marker detail: Cranberry Mine, 1923
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1 ► Tennessee, Carter County, Johnson City — Hauling Ore from the Cranberry Mine —
Near Happy Valley Road just north of Milligan Highway (Tennessee Route 359), on the left when traveling north.
High grade magnetite iron ore was found at the base of Roan Mountain near Cranberry, NC after the War of 1812. A "bloomery", or iron smelter, was built at Cranberry in 1820 to process the ore and supply iron to the Confederacy during the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m184266) HM

2 ► North Carolina, Avery County, Banner Elk — Banner Elk — Unionist Haven —
On Hickory Nut Gap Road (County Route 1342) west of North Carolina Highway 184, on the left when traveling west.
In 1860 Banner Elk was a small community in the mountains of Watauga County (present-day Avery County). Then called Banner’s Elk, it was named for the local Banner family and the Elk River. During the last years of the Civil War, an organized system . . . — — Map (db m77533) HM
3 ► North Carolina, Avery County, Linville — A Woman of War — Sarah Malinda Blalock —
On Hospital Drive 0.5 miles south of Newland Highway (North Carolina Highway 181), on the left when traveling south.
Sarah Malinda Blalock and her husband, William McKesson “Keith” Blalock, lived in Coffey’s Gap on the Watauga and Caldwell County line in 1860. Keith Blalock was an avowed Unionist, but with the passage of the first Confederate . . . — — Map (db m77492) HM

4 ► North Carolina, Avery County, Newland — Former Avery County Jail — 1913-1972 —
On Schultz Circle at Elk Street (North Carolina Road 1342), on the right when traveling east on Schultz Circle.
This property has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m229250) HM

5 ► North Carolina, Avery County, Crossnore — The Crossnore School — Benjamin F. Long IV Fresco Trail —
On Linville Falls Highway (U.S. 221) west of Sloop Mill Dam Road, on the left when traveling west.
Nowhere is The Crossnore School's mission to provide hope and healing in a homelike residential education setting for children from families in crisis more lovingly portrayed than through Ben Long's rendering of Mark 10:14, “Suffer the . . . — — Map (db m262974) HM
 
 
 
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Nov. 12, 2026