Sherrill's Inn

Established in 1834 to

serve travelers crossing

Hickory Nut Gap. In

continuous service until

1909. House stands 300

yards south.

Marker is on Charlotte Highway (U.S. 74) near Ager Lane, on the right when traveling east.

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Warren Wilson College

Founded in 1894 by the

Presbyterian Church as

Asheville Farm School.

A four-year college

since 1966. 1 1/2 mi. E.

Marker is on Tunnel Road (U.S. 70) near Warren Wilson Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Octave Chanute's Progress in Flying Machines

Chanute - Wright Memorial

Mr. Chanute's 1891 book "Progress in Flying Machines" made him the world's first aviation historian, but, more importantly, for the first time experimenters could read of work done before them and not waste time by repetition.

His 1896 ...

Octave Chanute and "The Problem of The Ages"

Chanute - Wright Memorial

Mr. Chanute moved to Chicago in 1889 and began working on solving "the problem of the ages" - heavier-than-air flight.

Chanute corresponded with men all over the world interested in flight. He gathered all the information he could ...

Kemper Street Station

History

The new Kemper Street Station, which opened on October 31, 1912, was one of many improvements made in Lynchburg by Southern Railway to double track its mainline between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. The Rivermont Tunnel, the James River Bridge, and ...

Octave Chanute: Engineer

Chanute - Wright Memorial

Born in Paris in 1832, Octave Chanute immigrated to the U.S. at the age of six. Even with no education in engineering, he would become one of the foremost engineers of the 19th Century through involvement in ...

Sherman's Army

Invading North Carolina,

Sherman's army occupied

Fayetteville, Mar. 11-14,

1865, destroying the

Confederate Arsenal,

which stood 1 mile W.

Marker is on Hay Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Chanute Announces Wright Brothers' Flight

Chanute - Wright Memorial

The Wright Brothers received their copy of Mr. Chanute's book personally from the author, who became both their friend and advisor.

Mr. Chanute visited the Wrights at Dayton, Oh. and Kitty Hawk, N.C.. Illness caused Mr. Chanute to ...

County Hospital Cemetery

This publicly-owned cemetery contains the burials of 162 patients from the Manitowoc County Asylum for the Insane and the Manitowoc County Hospital who died between the years 1917 and 1974. The names of all, but two, are known.

The Manitowoc County ...

Potter's Field Cemetery

The land was originally part of 80 acres owned by Jacob W. Conroe who built a sawmill at Manitowoc Rapids in 1856. In 1914 the farmland was purchased by Manitowoc County and the ground set aside as a free burial ...