Swain
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Established by United States for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after removal of 1838.
Ellen Black Winston 1903-1984
Bryson City, NC
Social worker. Led N.C. Board of Public Welfare, 1944-63; first Commis- sioner of U.S. Welfare.
Horace Kephart
Bryson City, NC
Author of "Our Southern Highlanders" (1913) and other works, naturalist, librarian.
Kituwah
Cherokee mother town.
Nimrod Jarrett Smith 1837-1893
Cherokee, NC
Principal Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1880- 1891.
Thomas's Legion
Cherokee, NC
William H. Thomas led Confederate "Legion of Indians & Mountaineers.
Tsali
Bryson City, NC
Cherokee who resisted removal & escaped from U.S. troops; executed nearby, 1838.
Wade Hampton
Bryson City, NC
Confederate General, Governor of S.C., 1876-79, U.S. Senator.
YONAGUSKA ca. 1760-1839
Chief of Oconaluftee Cherokee.