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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB4Z_end-of-car-line_Asheville-NC.html
The west Asheville & Sulphur springs electric railway ran from the springs to Government Street, at what is now Pritchard ParkFare 5?
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8A6_the-county-of-buncombe_Asheville-NC.html
Near and West of this spot at Gum SpringThe County of Buncombewas organized on April 16, 1792under act of the General Assembly of North CarolinaErected byThe National Society of the Colonial Dames Of AmericaIn the State of North Carolina1922
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM88N_stonemans-raid_Asheville-NC.html
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry occupied Asheville on April 26, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM88C_thomas-wolfe-house-dixieland_Asheville-NC.html
Dixieland Asheville native Thomas Wolfe achieved international fame with the publication of his first full-length novel, Look Homeward, Angel, in 1929. Many of the incidents in the book took place in his mother's boardinghouse, "Old Kentucky Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM87L_jeter-c-pritchard_Asheville-NC.html
United States Senator, 1895-1903.Republican leader, newspaperman, federal judge. His home is 3/10 mile east; grave is 1.3 mi. west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM87K_lillian-exum-clement-stafford_Asheville-NC.html
First female legislator in the South. Elected to N.C. House, 1920. Her law office was 400 yds west; home 1/2 mi. NE.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM87J_thomas-wolfe_Asheville-NC.html
Author of "Look Homeward Angel" (1929)."Of Time and the River", and other works. Home stands 200 yards N., birthplace 500 yds. N.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM87I_biltmore-house_Asheville-NC.html
Designed for George W. Vanderbilt by Richard M. Hunt. Constructed, 1890-1895. Opened to public, 1930. Three miles west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU9_rutherford-trace_Asheville-NC.html
The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, September, 1776, passed nearby on the banks of the Swannanoa River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7_newton-academy_Asheville-NC.html
Established before 1793 as Union Hill Academy. Named for George Newton. Later site of a public school. Building stood 200 feet east.
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