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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/HM11ZS_black-mountain-college_Black-Mountain-NC.html
Est. in 1933; closed 1956. Experimental school with emphasis on fine arts & progressive education. Campus was 3 mi. NW.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11Z5_andr-michaux_Black-Mountain-NC.html
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Black Mountains, August, 1794.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11VY_swannanoa-gap-engagement_Black-Mountain-NC.html
Stoneman's Raid On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11ST_weaver-college_Weaverville-NC.html
Founded as Weaverville College, 1873; Methodist, coeducational. In 1934 merged with Rutherford to form Brevard College. Campus was one block W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11SH_stonemans-raid_Swannanoa-NC.html
Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here, April 20, 1865.
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.