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Was grassroots civil rights attorney. Advocate for voting rights. Among first Black law students at U.N.C., 1951. Served in WWII. Born nearby
Founder of Western Carolina University & its president, 1889-1912, & 1920-1923. Lived 5 mi. N.
A founder & benefactor of Cullowhee Academy, forerunner of Western Carolina University. Lived 2 miles north.
Established in 1889 as a private school. Has been a state supported institution since 1893.
Established 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Carolina, 1969.
Governor and political leader. President of the University of North Carolina, 1835-1868. Was born three miles E.
Est. 1899 as Watauga Academy by B.B. and D.D. Dougherty. A campus of The University of North Carolina since 1972.
Preeminent historian of North Carolina, author, & editor. Professor at UNC, 1935-1972. His birthplace is one mile east.
Member of Continental & provincial congresses; was first legislator to advocate U.N.C., 1784. Grave is 2 miles east.
Introduced bill, 1885, for industrial school, now N.C. State University. Speaker of House, 1889; prison reformer. Taught at academy here.