Jackson
Echota Mission
Cherokee, NC
Methodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c. 1840-1885.
Indian Boundary
Near here the highway crosses Meigs-Freeman Line, surveyed in 1802, boundary between whites & Cherokees until 1819.
John R. Brinkley 1885-1942
Medical maverick, radio and advertising pioneer, candidate for governor of Kansas.
Judaculla Rock
Soapstone boulder carved with Indian symbols between 500 & 1700 A.D. Sacred to the Cherokee.
Rutherford Trace
The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby along Savannah Creek.
Rutherford Trace
The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby, through Cowee Gap.
William H. Thomas
White chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee.