Polk
'old Bill' Williams
Columbus, NC
Well-known guide and trapper.
North Carolina-South Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for...
Stoneman's Raid
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought southern troops at Howard's Gap, 4 mi. north, April 22,...
The Block House
Tryon, NC
Early landmark, western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between North and South Carolina.
Tryon Mountain
Columbus, NC
Landmark on Cherokee boundary, negotiated by Gov. William Tryon and Cherokee chiefs, 1767.