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Today, I picked up a copy of the 10th edition (2007) of the Guide to North Carolina Historical Markers. I thumbed through the pages concerning the Toe River Valley area and came up with this.
Avery County has the most, eight markers. They are:
one at the North Carolina/Tennessee state line.
one in Cranberry dealing with the mines
one in Frank that discusses the Yellow Mountain Road
one in Crossnore that talks about the school
two in Banner Elk, one about Shep Dugger and the other, Lees-McRae College.
two at Grandfather Mountain that talk about Asa Gray and Andre Michaux
Mitchell County has five. They are:
Sink Hole Mine, northwest of Ledger
Asa Gray, in Bakersville.
Andre Michaux, in Bakersville
The Spruce Pine Mining District, near 226 and the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Penland School, in Penland.
Yancey County has only three. They are
one at the North Carolina/Tennessee State line, off US 19
one about the long gone Yancey Collegiate Institute in Burnsville
one on Mount Mitchell concerning Dr. Elisha Mitchell.
1 comment:
There is a small marker near the NC TN state line (maybe the one you mention) on Roaring Creek in Avery County that speaks about the Overmountain Men.
Interesting Blog!
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