DR. L. B. Mc BRAYER
Inscription
Leader in fight against
tuberculosis in North
Carolina, Superintendent of
State Sanatorium in Hoke
County, 1914-24. His
birthplace is 400 ft. W.
Location
Sources
More markers in Buncombe
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.
Newton Academy
Asheville, NC
Established before 1793 as Union Hill Academy.
Zebulon B. Vance 1830-1894
Weaverville, NC
Civil War governor. He led state, 1862-65, and 1877-79; U.S. Senator, 1879-94.
Andre Michaux
Black Mountain, NC
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Black Mountains, August, 1794.