Macon
Andre Michaux
Highlands, NC
French botanist. First visit to North Carolina to study flora was June, 1787, when he traversed the Highlands Plateau.
Cherokee Defeat
In the French and Indian War Col. Grant's force of whites, Chickasaws, and Catawbas defeated the Cherokee warriors near here, June,...
Cherokee Defeat
During the American Revolution, S.C. forces under Colonel Andrew Williamson defeated the Cherokees, nearby, at the “Black Hole,”...
Cherokee Victory
In the French and Indian War, the Cherokees defeated a colonial and British force from N.Y. under Colonel Montgomery near here,...
Cowee
Principal settlement of the Cherokee Middle Towns.
Deep Creek
Bryson City, NC
Site of Union attack on Thomas’s Legion, Feb. 2, 1864.
Nikwasi
Franklin, NC
This mound marks site of old Cherokee town, Nikwasi.
Thomas Harbison 1862-1936
Highlands, NC
Botanist and educator.
William Bartram
Philadelphia naturalist, author, exploring this area, met a Cherokee band led by their chief, Atakullakulla, in May 1776, near this...