Until it was demolished in 1899, the Battle House, a stagecoach house and inn, stood just to your left.
There, on May 7, 1865, a proposed Union surrender was transformed into a Confederate capitulation.
After Col. William C. Bartlett's 2nd N.C. . . . — — Map (db m12892) HM
Near Cataloochee Entrance Road near Old Cataloochee Turnpike (Cove Creek Road).
Notice the valleys and ridges that stretch before you. Cherokees named this area Ga-da-lu-tsi, meaning "standing up in ranks," referring to the seemingly endless stands of timber that lined the ridges. Settlers later corrupted the word to . . . — — Map (db m169008) HM
Near North Main Street (Business U.S. 23) at Depot Street (State Road 1247), on the left when traveling north.
Herein are mementoes from the people of the year A.D. 1976 to the people of the year A.D. 2076. Sealed during our Bicentennial Celebration July 4, 1976 Erected by the Waynesville Rotary Club — — Map (db m163899) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 23) at Depot Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
Korean War
June 25 1950
July 27 1953
Cogdill, Kenneth C. • Conard, Lester • Green, Grover G. • Hollifield, James R. • Messer, Rayford K. • Saunders, James • Hannah, Jack L. • Welch, William C., Jr. • Brown, Charles • Rhinehart, Billy C. • . . . — — Map (db m187449) WM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 23) at Depot Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Erected to he memory of
the Revolutionary soldiers
buried in Haywood County
Colonel Robert Love • Captain John Henry • Private Thomas Abel • Private William Allen • Private George Hall • Private Edward Hyatt • Private Christian Messer • . . . — — Map (db m187454) WM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 23) at Depot Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
[Front]
In honor of all veterans
who served in
the armed forces of
the United States
of America
Dedicated Veterans Day
November 11, 1991
[Side]
Designed by
Blake C. Morrison
Aviation artist
Nellis . . . — — Map (db m187462) WM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 23) at Depot Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
1959 Vietnam 1975
Dedicated
to the
honored memory
of Haywood County's sons
who sacrificed their lives
in
the Republic of
South Viet Nam
1LT David Chappel Brown USAF • LCPL Stephen Michael Bryson USMC • SGT Michael Frank . . . — — Map (db m187452) WM
On Main Street (U.S. 23) near Gruder Street, on the right when traveling north.
Gen. James G. Martin, surrendered the army of Western North Carolina, the last Confederate force in the state, in Waynesville, May 6, 1865. — — Map (db m11737) HM
On Shelton Street south of Pigeon Street (U.S. 276), on the left when traveling south.
What do a Civil War veteran, High Sheriff, Navajo Indian Superintendent,
Extension Agent and craft museum have in common – Shelton House. In
1875 Stephen Jehu Shelton, Civil War veteran and High Sheriff of
Haywood County, and Mahala Conley . . . — — Map (db m229456) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 422.8), on the left when traveling east.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy in cooperation with the United States Forest Service planted this 125 acre forest as a living memorial to the 125,000 soldiers North Carolina provided the Confederacy. The 125,000 Red Spruce tree forest was . . . — — Map (db m123435) WM
On North Main Street (U.S. 276) at Miller Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Waynesville has a rich musical heritage. Today we enjoy old time music in the string bands, fiddle tunes and ballads played and sung at our street dances and many folk festivals.
The artist created this sculpture from recycled industrial . . . — — Map (db m75488) HM
On Pigeon Road (U.S. 276) at Sentelle Road, on the right when traveling east on Pigeon Road.
This spring provided water
for people and horses that
traveled over Waynesville
Mountain between Bethel
and Waynesville in the 1800s
and early 1900s. Families
would have picnics and
reunions here. The
Community Club of
Waynesville, in . . . — — Map (db m229451) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 441.9), on the right when traveling south.
In 1776, Revolutionary War General Griffith Rutherford led 2,400 men through the gap below and to your left. During the war's early phases the Cherokee, with British support, repeatedly attacked the frontier settlements. Rutherford's expedition was . . . — — Map (db m123300) HM
On Lake Logan Road (State Road 215) 0.2 miles south of Raceway Place, on the right when traveling south.
Model logging village
established in 1905.
Supplied lumber to WWI
effort & Champion paper
mill. Flooded by Lake
Logan, 1932. Was here. — — Map (db m229445) HM
On Hillview Circle east of South Main Street (Business U.S. 23), on the left when traveling south.
Col. William Holland Thomas (February 5, 1805-May 10, 1893) is among the Confederate officers and soldiers buried here in Greenhill Cemetery. His grave is located about thirty yards in front of you on the right.
Thomas, who began trading with . . . — — Map (db m75487) HM
On Russ Avenue (U.S. 276) at Maple Grove Church Road, on the right when traveling north on Russ Avenue.
Founded 1865 by Capt. John Turpin, CSA (NC)-POW
Non-denominational until 1885. Became Turpin's
Chapel MEC (South) 1885. Name changed to Maple
Grove MEC (South) 1912. Became Maple Grove Methodist Church 1949 and Maple Grove United Methodist Church . . . — — Map (db m19734) HM
On Timothy Lane, 0.1 miles west of Blink Bonny Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Col. William C. Bartlett’s 2nd N.C. Mounted Infantry (U.S.) occupied Waynesville early in May 1865. The Federals raided the surrounding countryside, relieving civilians of their horses and provisions.
On May 6, a company of Confederate Col. . . . — — Map (db m75490) HM
On Old Hickory Street east of Killian Street, on the right when traveling east.
(Top)
Windover
James Harden and Pearl Howell House
1910
Waynesville Historic Landmark
(Bottom)
Windover
Established 1910
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United . . . — — Map (db m229599) HM
