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Balsam, NC

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Balsam, North Carolina
The Richland Balsam Nature Loop Trail is relatively short, but combined with the Waterrock Knob Trail, another short but steep hike 20 miles farther south on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the two trails make a complete day of hiking and ... More on Trails

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Two miles off I40, Exit #33 Waynesville, NC, 28786
Featured in the Guinness Book of World Records, and home to the finding of the world's largest sapphire-at ... More on DogFriendly.com
Buy a small ($25) or large ($45) bucket and sluice the dirt through the flowing water until you run out of ... More on GeckoGo

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North Carolina
If you've got a car and an urge to drive, definitely consider spending some time on the Blue Ridge Parkway...
The Blue Ridge Parkway begins in Cherokee, just North of downtown on US 441, and winds its way through Nor... More on Cherokeesmokies.com

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Waynesville NC 28786, United States of America
Inscription. Organized in 1884 as N. C. Teachers Assembly in the White Sulphur Springs Hotel. Building was one mile northwest. , Erected 1985 by Division or Archives and History. (Marker Number P 58: ), , Location. 35° 29.554′ ... More on HMDB

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1500 Eagles Nest Road Waynesville, NC 28786

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Waynesville NC 28786, United States of America
Inscription. Until it was demolished in 1899, the Battle House, a stagecoach house and inn, stood just to your left. There, on May 7, 1865, a proposed Union surrender was transformed into a Confederate capitulation. After Col. William ... More on HMDB

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Waynesville NC 28786, United States of America
Inscription. Gen. James G. Martin, surrendered the army of, Western North Carolina, the last Confederate, force in the state, in, Waynesville, May 6, 1865. , Erected 1941 by Department of Conservation and Development. (Marker Number ... More on HMDB

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Waynesville NC 28786, United States of America
Inscription. The expedition led by, Gen. Griffith Rutherford, against the Cherokee, Sept, 1776, passed here, through Balsam Gap. , Erected 1954 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (M... More on HMDB
Inscription. The expedition led by, Gen. Griffith Rutherford, against the Cherokee, Sept. 1776, passed here, through Pigeon Gap. , Erected 1954 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (M... More on HMDB

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Maggie Valley NC 28751, United States of America
Inscription. On February 1, 1865, Col. George Kirk, 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (U. S.), left Newport, Tennessee, with 400 cavalry and 200 infantry for a raid into Haywood County. He passed through the mountains at Mount Sterling, ... More on HMDB
