Macon

Highlands, NC

French botanist. First visit to North Carolina to study flora was June, 1787, when he traversed the Highlands Plateau.

In the French and Indian War Col. Grant's force of whites, Chickasaws, and Catawbas defeated the Cherokee warriors near here, June,...

During the American Revolution, S.C. forces under Colonel Andrew Williamson defeated the Cherokees, nearby, at the “Black Hole,”...

In the French and Indian War, the Cherokees defeated a colonial and British force from N.Y. under Colonel Montgomery near here,...

Principal settlement of the Cherokee Middle Towns.

Bryson City, NC

Site of Union attack on Thomas’s Legion, Feb. 2, 1864.

Franklin, NC

This mound marks site of old Cherokee town, Nikwasi.

Highlands, NC

Botanist and educator.

Philadelphia naturalist, author, exploring this area, met a Cherokee band led by their chief, Atakullakulla, in May 1776, near this...