Clay County, North Carolina is in District Q of the NC Highway Historical Marker Program, and has two markers as of July 2020. [1] The marker program was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1935. [2] Since that time over 1600 black and silver markers have been placed along numbered North Carolina highways throughout the state. [3] Each one has a brief description of a fact relevant to state history, and is located near a place related to that fact. [2] North Carolina's counties are divided into seventeen districts for the highway marker program. Each marker is assigned an identifier that begins with the letter of the district, followed by a number. [1]
| Number | Title | Location | Text | Year Erected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q-15 | Fort Hembree | US 64 Business (Main Street) in Hayesville. | "One of the forts where General Winfield Scott's United States forces gathered the Cherokee before moving them west, stood 3/4 mi. N.W." | 1939 |
| Q-37 | George W. Truett | US 64 southwest of Hayesville. | "Pastor First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1897-1944, president of Baptist World Alliance. His birthplace stands one mile northwest." | 1950 |
References
- ^ a b c Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers (July 2020 ed.). North Carolina Office of Archives and History.
- ^ a b "About The Historical Marker Program | NC DNCR". www.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ "NC Highway Historical Marker Program | NC DNCR". www.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
Clay County, North Carolina is in District Q of the NC Highway Historical Marker Program, and has two markers as of July 2020. [1] The marker program was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1935. [2] Since that time over 1600 black and silver markers have been placed along numbered North Carolina highways throughout the state. [3] Each one has a brief description of a fact relevant to state history, and is located near a place related to that fact. [2] North Carolina's counties are divided into seventeen districts for the highway marker program. Each marker is assigned an identifier that begins with the letter of the district, followed by a number. [1]
| Number | Title | Location | Text | Year Erected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q-15 | Fort Hembree | US 64 Business (Main Street) in Hayesville. | "One of the forts where General Winfield Scott's United States forces gathered the Cherokee before moving them west, stood 3/4 mi. N.W." | 1939 |
| Q-37 | George W. Truett | US 64 southwest of Hayesville. | "Pastor First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1897-1944, president of Baptist World Alliance. His birthplace stands one mile northwest." | 1950 |
References
- ^ a b c Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers (July 2020 ed.). North Carolina Office of Archives and History.
- ^ a b "About The Historical Marker Program | NC DNCR". www.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ "NC Highway Historical Marker Program | NC DNCR". www.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-02.