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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CH_asheville-normal-school_Asheville-NC.html
Presbyterian. Opened 1887 as Home Industrial School. Teacher's College 1892-1944. Stood nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM127P_home-place-of-capt-wm-moore_Asheville-NC.html
Here on land granted him in 1787.He erected the first house of whitesettlers west of the Blue Ridge.Capt. Moore and his troops camped nearhere when on the Rutherford Expeditionagainst the Cherokee in 1776. Erected by Unaka ChapterDaughters of A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM125S_daniel-k-moore_Asheville-NC.html
Governor, 1965~1969; N.C.Supreme Court Justice,1969~1978; Judge;Legislator& Business Leader."Man of the Mountains."Birthplace was nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1247_forester-a-sondley_Asheville-NC.html
Historian, lawyer, and bibliophile. Gave to Asheville the Sondley Reference Library. His home is 2.7 mi. north.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11LL_1st-u-s-colored-heavy-artillery_Asheville-NC.html
Gen. Davis Tillson raised 1,700-man 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery in Tennessee and North Carolina in 1864. The unit encamped nearby while garrisoned in Asheville in 1865. Assigned to Tillson's 2nd brigade, the men participated in operations in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KY_zelda-fitzgerald_Asheville-NC.html
Writer, artist, Jazz Age icon; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. On Mar. 10, 1948, died in Highland Hospital fire, 1/4 mi. S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KX_the-university-of-north-carolina-at-asheville_Asheville-NC.html
Established 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Carolina, 1969.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KW_buncombe-turnpike_Asheville-NC.html
Opened up western N.C. Built, 1824-28; the 75-mi. long route from S.C. line to Tenn. line, used by settlers & livestock drovers, passed nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KV_battle-of-asheville_Asheville-NC.html
On April 3, 1865, Union Col. Isaac M. Kirby left East Tenn. with 1100 men on a raid against Asheville. On April 6, Kirby's force was defeated by local militia under Col. G. W. Clayton. Earthworks remain 100 yds. N.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOV0_war-with-spain_Asheville-NC.html
This marker is erected in loving memory of the men of Buncombe Countywho volunteered and servedin the War with Spain,the insurrection in thePhilippines and the China Relief Expedition,1898 - 1902
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