Topics Related to Historical Markers

Mary Lapham 1860-1936 (Q-60)

Physician; innovator in treatment of tuberculosis. Served in Europe, WWI; operated a sanatorium here, 1908-1918.

Dan K. Moore 1906-1986 (Q-59)

Governor, 1965-69; held posts on superior & state supreme courts. Set up initial Court of Appeals, 1967. Lived 1/10 mi. SE.

Nimrod Jarrett Smith 1837-1893 (Q-58)

Principal Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1880-1891. Led incorporation of Band & centralization of Tribal government on his property, here.

Kituwah (Q-57)

Cherokee mother town. Council house stood on mound here. Town was destroyed, 1761, by James Grant's forces.

Thomas's Legion (Q-56)

William H. Thomas led Confederate "Legion of Indians & Mountaineers." Cherokee companies raised nearby in 1862.

Thomas Harbison 1862-1936 (Q-55)

Botanist and educator. Pioneer in the study of flora, southeastern U.S. Highlands his base after 1886; taught here.

Hiwassee Dam (Q-54)

Built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1936-40, to provide flood control and electricity. Dam is 307 ft. tall. 5 mi. N.E.

Fontana Dam (Q-53)

Constructed, 1942-1944, by the Tennessee Valley Authority. At 480 feet tallest dam in eastern U.S. One mile north.

John R. Brinkley 1885-1942 (Q-52)

Medical maverick, radio and advertising pioneer, candidate for governor of Kansas. Boyhood home stood across the river.

Gertrude Dills McKee (Q-51)

First woman elected to N.C. Senate, 1930. Civic leader and clubwoman. Home was 50 yds. west.