YONAGUSKA ca. 1760-1839
Inscription
Chief of Oconaluftee
Cherokee. He advocated
temperance and opposed
removal of his people from
their homeland. Lived in
this vicinity.
Location
Sources
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Wade Hampton
Bryson City, NC
Confederate General, Governor of S.C., 1876-79, U.S. Senator.
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.
Tsali
Bryson City, NC
Cherokee who resisted removal & escaped from U.S. troops; executed nearby, 1838.
Horace Kephart
Bryson City, NC
Author of "Our Southern Highlanders" (1913) and other works, naturalist, librarian.