Cherokee
Baptist Mission
For Cherokee Indians, established in 1817, consisting of a chapel, school, farm, and mills.
Cherokee War
Murphy, NC
Major George Chicken of South Carolina led first English military expedition against the Cherokee in this area, 1715.
First Post Road
Edenton, NC
The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot.
Fort Butler
Murphy, NC
One of forts in which Gen. Winfield Scott gathered the Cherokee before moving them west in 1838.
North Carolina-Georgia
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for...
North Carolina-South Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for...
Sherman's Army
Fayetteville, NC
Invading North Carolina, Sherman's army occupied Fayetteville, Mar. 11-14, 1865, destroying the Confederate Arsenal, which stood 1...