Topics Related to Historical Markers

Wolfe's Angel (P-65)

Marble statue from the Asheville shop of W. O. Wolfe. Inspired title of son Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel. Stands 150 feet south.

Black Mountain College (P-64)

Est. in 1933; closed 1956. Experimental school with emphasis on fine arts & progressive education. Campus was 3 mi. NW.

Shaws Creek Church and Camp Grounds (P-62)

Methodist. Congregation was organized at a camp meeting ca. 1810, on land donated by James Johnson. Church, 1905, is .3 mi. N.

Asheville Normal School (P-61)

Presbyterian. Opened 1887 as Home Industrial School. Teacher's College 1892-1944. Stood nearby.

Sherrill's Inn (P-60)

Est. by Bedford Sherrill, 1834. Served travelers crossing Hickory Nut Gap until 1909. Stands 300 yards south.

Forestry School (P-59)

First U.S. school of forestry. Established 1898 by Dr. C. A. Schenck, chief forester, Biltmore estate. Location until 1909 was nearby.

N.C. Education Association (P-58)

Organized in 1884 as N.C. Teachers Assembly in the White Sulphur Springs Hotel. Building was one mile northwest.

Confederate Armory (P-57)

Manufactured Enfield-type rifles. In 1863 plant moved to Columbia, S.C. Building was located 1/4 mi. SE. Burned in 1865.

University of N.C. at Asheville (P-56)

Established 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Carolina, 1969.

Stoneman's Raid (P-55)

Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here, April 20, 1865.