Buncombe
Andre Michaux
Black Mountain, NC
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Black Mountains, August, 1794.
Battle Of Asheville
Asheville, NC
On April 3, 1865, Union Col. Isaac M. Kirby left East Tenn.
Buncombe Turnpike
Asheville, NC
Opened up western N.C. Built, 1824-28; the 75-mi. long route from S.C. line to Tenn.
Confederate Armory
Asheville, NC
Manufactured Enfield-type rifles.
David L. Swain
Asheville, NC
Governor and political leader.
DR. L. B. Mc BRAYER
Leader in fight against tuberculosis in North Carolina, Superintendent of State Sanatorium in Hoke County, 1914-24.
Electric Streetcars
Asheville, NC
First electric trolley system in N.C. opened, Feb. 1, 1889, bolstering regional tourism.
Jeter C. Pritchard
Asheville, NC
United States Senator, 1895-1903, Republican leader, newspaperman, federal judge.
Joseph Lane
Asheville, NC
Territorial Governor of Oregon, 1848-50, Vice-Presidential candidate, 1860, U.S. Senator, major general in Mexican War.
Kiffin Y. Rockwell
Asheville, NC
World War I soldier, aviator.
Lillian Exum Clement Stafford 1886-1925
Asheville, NC
First female legislator in the South.
Locke Craig
Asheville, NC
Governor, 1913-1917.
Montreat College
Black Mountain, NC
Presbyterian. Opened in 1916 as Montreat Normal School.
Mount Mitchell Railroad
Opened Black Mountains to logging and tourism.
Newton Academy
Asheville, NC
Established before 1793 as Union Hill Academy.
Riverside Cemetery
Asheville, NC
Graves of Thomas Wolfe & "O. Henry," authors; Zebulon B. Vance, governor; Thomas L. Clingman and Robert R. Reynolds, U.S. senators.
Rutherford Trace
Asheville, NC
The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, September, 1776, passed nearby on the banks of the...
Rutherford Trace
The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, camped nearby along Hominy Creek.
Sherrill's Inn
Est. by Bedford Sherrill, 1834.
Stoneman's Raid
Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here, April 20,...
Stoneman's Raid
Asheville, NC
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry occupied Asheville on April 26, 1865.
Swannanoa Gap
Used by Indians and pioneers in crossing Blue Ridge.
Thomas Wolfe
Asheville, NC
Author of "Look Homeward Angel" (1929), "Of Time and the River," and other works.
University Of N.c. At Asheville
Asheville, NC
Established 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936.
Warren Wilson College
Founded in 1894 by the Presbyterian Church as Asheville Farm School.
Weaver College
Weaverville, NC
Founded as Weaverville College, 1873; Methodist, coeducational.
William Moore
Asheville, NC
Captain of militia force which marched against the Cherokee in Nov., 1776.
Zebulon B. Vance 1830-1894
Weaverville, NC
Civil War governor. He led state, 1862-65, and 1877-79; U.S. Senator, 1879-94.