Echota Mission
Inscription
Methodist. Maintained by
Holston Conference for
Cherokee c. 1840-1885.
School established 1850.
Missionary's house stands 50
yards north.
Location
AddressUS 19 at SR 1427 in Cherokee Indian Reservation
CityCherokee
CountyJackson
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.467040, -83.274190
Sources
More markers in Jackson
Indian Boundary
Near here the highway crosses Meigs-Freeman Line, surveyed in 1802, boundary between whites & Cherokees until 1819.
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.