On Church Street (U.S. 19/23) at Hampton Heights Road, on the right when traveling west on Church Street.
Geographer who measured elevation at sites in western N.C., 1856~1860, including Hominy Creek Gap near here & Mt. Guyot, 25 mi. N.W. — — Map (db m198719) HM
On Park Street west of Academy Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Colonial Theater building constructed
in 1932 at a cost of $50,000,
was built specifically as a motion picture theatre.
The original owner, Marion Sprinkle
is still remembered by the letter “S”
that can be seen on the top side of each . . . — — Map (db m229431) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 411), 0.9 miles north of U.S. 276, on the right when traveling north.
Nestled in the valley below is the Cradle of Forestry in America, the birthplace of science-based forest management and a living legacy made possible by George and Edith Vanderbilt of the nearby Biltmore Estate. Some 87,000 acres of the Vanderbilt's . . . — — Map (db m123232) HM
This Monument is Dedicated to the Men and Women of Haywood County who served during World War II and to those who gave their lives in defense of our country.
A nearby stone marker lists local World War II Congressional Medal of Honor . . . — — Map (db m19948) HM
On Lake Logan Road (State Road 215) at Friendly House Road (State Road 1128) on Lake Logan Road.
Founded 1868. Oldest
Universalist church in
western N.C. Hannah J.
Powell led mission work
and school, 1921-42, at
site 100 yards south. — — Map (db m229442) HM
On Cruso Road (U.S. 276) at Lenoir Lane, on the right when traveling east on Cruso Road.
This 1807 farm is the
oldest continually operated
farm in Haywood County.
Ancestors of today's Devon
cattle arrived in this
country in the mid-1620s.
Descendants have been at
this farm since 1849.
Original owners, Colonel
Thomas Lenoir and . . . — — Map (db m229441) HM
On Locust Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Locust Street.
The first Locust Old Fields Baptist Church was established here in 1803. It was among the first churches established west of Asheville. Although the original building no longer stands, it served the small community here for many years as a house of . . . — — Map (db m75504) HM
On Pisgah Drive (North Carolina Route 110) at Jeffrey Lane, on the right when traveling north on Pisgah Drive.
This tree has witnessed several centuries of history, provided shade for nearby early Native American settlements, edged the trail of the Rutherford Trace march against the Cherokee, and served as a boundary marker before Haywood County was . . . — — Map (db m234881) HM
The original purpose for this building was to house the local Canton Library. Constructed in 1954 with the funds of the Champion Paper Foundation, the brick structure was dedicated the same year.
William B. Umstead, North Carolina's then . . . — — Map (db m234882) HM
On Lake Logan Road (State Road 1111) at Ideal Way, on the right when traveling north on Lake Logan Road.
This Pratt through-truss bridge, known as
Truss Bridge #79, was fabricated by the Phoenix
Bridge Co. in 1891 and was originally erected
about a mile downstream. When replaced with a
larger bridge in the 1920s, the old iron bridge
was relocated . . . — — Map (db m229447) HM
On Pisgah Drive (State Highway 110) at Max Thompson Road (State Road 1105), on the right when traveling north on Pisgah Drive.
“Filmore” was known as the
Pigeon River Inventor and lived
just 100 yards east of here. →
He was one of N.C.'s most prolific
inventors and was reported to have
100 or more patents for his inventions,
including several merchant's . . . — — Map (db m229432) HM
On Cataloochee Entrance Road, 0.4 miles west of Cataloochee Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
Today houses, cabins, barns, and churches still stand in Cataloochee, the largest community affected by the 1930s creation of the national park. Many signs of the more than 1,200 people who lived here during Cataloochee's heyday have disappeared, . . . — — Map (db m230812) HM
On Cataloochee Entrance Road, 0.4 miles west of Cataloochee Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
The valley before you was given its name by its original inhabitants, the Cherokee. Meaning "standing tall;" the word Cataloochee was likely a reference to the many ridges that surround this remote place. Because of its rich soil, prior to the . . . — — Map (db m230815) HM
On Broad Street (County Road 1523) at Charles Street, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
This building is the last of three
located on this site where
students attended Clyde High School
during 48 years of existence. — — Map (db m187519) HM
In Memory of the members of the armed forces from Clyde Town-ship who gave their lives for their country.
Erected by the Town of Clyde, its citizens, and the Chamber of Commerce.
World War I
PFC. Melvin Rhinehart
World War II
CPL . . . — — Map (db m19392) WM
On Carolina Boulevard (U.S. 23) at Morgan Street on Carolina Boulevard.
Home of Jacob Shook and Preaching place of Francis Asbury, pioneer bishop of American Methodism. "After crossing other streams, and losing ourselves in the woods, we came in about 9 o'clock at night to Vater Shuck's. What an awful day!"
Asbury's . . . — — Map (db m33716) HM
On Road to Waterrock Knob north of Blue Ridge Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
Named in honor of R. Gerry Browning, 1884 – 1966. Location and Claims Engineer and Parkway Consultant for North Carolina State Highway Commission, 1925 – 1964. His forceful presentation of the high quality scenery found in North . . . — — Map (db m58935) HM
On Soco Road (U.S. 19) 0 miles east of Moody Farm Road, on the right when traveling west.
Revolutionary officer, member Congress, 1817-23, where, in "talking for Buncombe" (County), he gave new meaning to the word. Home was ˝ mi. N. — — Map (db m11786) HM
Junaluska was a peace-loving Chief in Western North
Carolina. When Lake Junaluska was established, the name selected was that of the mountain keeping vigil over the lake-Junaluska Mountain - Honoring the chief. Chief Junaluska, member of the famous . . . — — Map (db m17347) HM
On February 1, 1865, Col. George Kirk, 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (U.S.), left Newport, Tennessee, with 400 cavalry and 200 infantry for a raid into Haywood County. He passed through the mountains at Mount Sterling, following the . . . — — Map (db m12895) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 457.9), on the right when traveling east.
Before you lies the massive Plott Balsam Range. On one of its eastern slopes Henry Plott, a German immigrant’s son, made his home in the early 1800’s. In this game-filled frontier, hunting dogs were a prized possesion. Here Henry Plott and his . . . — — Map (db m99023) HM
On Soco Road (U.S. 19) just west of the Blue Ridge Parkway overpass, on the left when traveling east.
Soco Gap, initial point
of U.S. survey, 1876,
of Cherokee Reservation,
created through earlier
efforts of W. H. Thomas,
White Cherokee Chief. — — Map (db m12781) HM
Near Heintooga Ridge Road, 3.6 miles north of Blue Ridge Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
Family gatherings, revivals and assemblies are rooted deeply in the culture of Appalachia. The beauty of the mountains continues to attract group meetings today. The Masons, the world’s oldest and largest fraternal organization, hold their North . . . — — Map (db m127237) HM
On South Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1898 George Thomas McAulay Sr. and his brother William Aulay McAulay began a general mercantile business that would last until their deaths in 1943. Their original wooden store building was replaced by this brick building structure in 1909. — — Map (db m37184) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 458.9), on the right when traveling south.
The Cherokee domain once extended far beyond the distant mountains, but the white man, with broken treaties and fruitless promises, brought trouble to the Indians and caused their banishment to an Oklahoma reservation. A few escaped capture and fled . . . — — Map (db m99019) HM
On Big Creek Park Road at Mount Sterling Road (County Route 1397), on the left when traveling south on Big Creek Park Road.
Francis Asbury, first elected Bishop of Methodism in the U.S.; rode on horseback over 275,000 miles over pioneer trails averaging one sermon a day. From New England to Charleston, S.C. More than 60 times he crossed the Appalachians. Once following . . . — — Map (db m90574) HM
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
