Avery
Andre Michaux
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Grandfather Mountain, August, 1794.
Crossnore School
Founded by Mary Martin Sloop, physician, 1913, to serve region's youth.
LEES-Mc RAE COLLEGE
Banner Elk, NC
Presbyterian. Founded in 1900 by Edgar Tufts.
Shepherd M. Dugger
Banner Elk, NC
Author of The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountain, 1892; educator and humorist.