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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8Q_water-powered-500-pound-hammer_Murphy-NC.html
Water powered
500 pound hammer
from Lovingood
Bloomery Forge on
Hangingdog Creek
1840 — 1890
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8P_prison-cell-door_Murphy-NC.html
The austere prison in Peachtree housed up to 100 prisoners tasked with building and maintaining local roads. In 1931, the state combined the Highway Commission and the State Prison Department. "Road camps" were built throughout the state to provid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8M_cherokee-county-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Murphy-NC.html
Dedicated to veterans
who gave their lives
for our country
Their memories
will never die
{Honor Roll of Veterans}
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29I1_trail-of-tears_Murphy-NC.html
In 1838, the United States government deported more than 16,000 Cherokee Indian people from their homeland in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, and sent them to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Thousands of Cherokee perished during …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29HZ_unicoi-turnpike-trail_Murphy-NC.html
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 years. The earliest European maps of the area note the trail as a connector between Cherokee Territories and the coastal ports at Charleston and Savannah. In 1756, British …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29HY_trail-of-tears_Murphy-NC.html
In 1838, the United States government deported more than 16,000 Cherokee Indian people from their homeland in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, and sent them to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Thousands of Cherokee perished during …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29HW_murphy-north-carolina-rail_Murphy-NC.html
Beginning in 1873, the state of North Carolina began construction of a rail line to carry passengers and freight from Asheville westward. The line took many years to construct, cutting across the mountains, through tunnels and along the steep grad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V91_site-of-fort-butler-historical_Murphy-NC.html
Commanded by
Genl. Winfield Scott
during the round up
of the Cherokee
Indians for removal
to Oklahoma in 1837-1838
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Donated to Town of Murphy
by Tar Heel Investment Co.,
as a hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V8Z_nuya-saligugi-historical_Murphy-NC.html
Carved and left by
ancient man in a soapstone
quarry near Nottely River,
4 miles west of Murphy.
Moved here for protection
and study.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDJ_cherokee-war_Murphy-NC.html
Major George Chicken of South Carolina led first English military expedition against the Cherokee in this area, 1715.