Revolutionary officer, member Congress, 1817-23, where, in "talking for Buncombe" (County), he gave new meaning to the word. Home was 1/2 mi. N.
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On Nov. 5, 1827, Robert B. Vance, former N.C. Congressman, was fatally wounded in a duel by Samuel P. Carson, his successor. 1/2 mile S.E.
Health resort since 1800. Name changed from Warm Springs, 1886. Internment camp for Germans in World War I was here.
Governor, 1913-1917. He created the state highway & fisheries commissions, est. Mt. Mitchell State Park. Lived 1/2 mi. W.
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Black Mountains, August, 1794.
Organized before 1792. Present building is here. First building stood 1 mile south.
Organized by German Lutherans about 1825; Methodist since 1866. Is 2 1/2 miles south.
Established before 1793 as Union Hill Academy. Named for Rev. George Newton. Present Newton Academy School is 4th building on this site.
Author of "Look Homeward Angel" (1929), "Of Time and the River," and other works. Home stands 200 yards N., birthplace 500 yds. N.E.
A boys' military school, operated by Robert Bingham, 1891-1928. Moved from Mebane. Campus was 1 mile S.W.