VACATION TOURS IN NORTH CAROLINA
■ By IDA BRIGGS HENDERSON —
lb** l»«in into Chattanooga
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ii*i.x vi Hr, Trnn. Although
Mllrphr i- ibr farthest outpo»( of
"The Und of Ibr Sky," in North
Carolina it is in ca.y reaching dis-
lanrr of ibr National Foresta. thr
nearest being 1’i.gah, Cherokee and
Nantabala. Tbr lallrr with iu ap¬
proximate arra of !W,(K)0 acre» lira
in loth North Carolina and Georgia.
On Way ah Hall is a 12.000 arrr alatr
«amr refuge.
> growing
County.
in Cherokee County. Note figure of man in left center foreground.
CIIKKOKKK County i. in the
extreme »outhwr*tcrn part of
North Carolina and Murphy i.
thr county seal. Ilrrr converge six
of thr South'» main highway*. l/>cat<d
within St» miln each of the Gcorgiu
ami Tcnneuer line», this typical
mountain town Hr» amid lovely
•rrnrry. Aaide from it. »eenie hrauty
Murphy ba. much to otTrr tbcor in-
terested in tbr biatory of the pre»-
erration of thr folk lore and euatoma
of North Carolina. According to
historian. thr la.t .hot of thr Con¬
federacy was fired in thi* territory;
many leading figure. were burn there,
2* and thr offspring of the hardy pioneer.
■ Mill till thr »il with replica» of
■ ancient hand-made tool.. Along the
■ winding road» may be Men two-
L
wheeled cart* drawn by cam, while
thr inode»! cabin home» are filled with
•pinning wheel», hand-loom», long-
barrrlled rifle*, powder horn» and
hand made furniture. Full many a
housewife yet cook, on her open fl re¬
place. nnd gather, thr “yarbs" with
which »br brew» tea. to “physio" her
family.
I'. S. Highway No. 19
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• h loin’ll Murphy, l»i Ilf considered the
tno’t direct route between A»heville,
the Smoky Mountain, area. Atlanta,
■ml other Jioinu biuth. Crossing the
ruggedly beautiful ItaUam Mountain,
thi. road lead» through gorgeous
Nantabala Gorge to run on through
the lovely Valley River valley into
Georgia. IT. S. No. Of run. from
northra.tern North Carolina through
Birthplace of Junaluska
Murphy i« credited with being the
birthplace of the famou. Chief June-
lu.ka around whom
»<»
many fatrinat-
ing »forie* of valor have leen woven.
A stone on the property of Mix Net¬
tie Dickey mark* hi. birthplace.
Located four mile. Mow thr town
are the Xotla tale mine». »uppo»rd
to furni.li the find tale in the world.
A mo.t in terming place to vi«it.
Going northea.t from Murphy on
Г.
8. Highway No. 19. for a di.tanee
of si* mile», we come to Marble, »o
name-1 becativ here the Columbia
Marble Company dig» marble from
dorp down in tbr earth. Then onward
through rugged mountain scenery
where we pan«e from time to time
to .re the tn»*t luxuriant growth of
fr
— fern, that appear to be fnlly
i. tall -he average man ; tbeir broad
p—cc'll1 frond, swaying in the moun¬
ts’" Ireere,
Then re c-mc to Andrew, in the
ejslent
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of Cherokee Countv. Thi»
i« one cf the obi town* in North Caro-
lira reppo.-edlv settled by Cl,erokee
Indian.. Tradition state, that thi.
vicinity waa traversed bv the
Spaniard, under the leadership of
De Soto when he took hi. trek aero»
the land in M-arch of mvthieal wealth.
In their »rarch for this metal the
Spaniard, left behind them many mine
hole, (earing mute testimony to their
avarice. Several of thev
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have
been preserved and ran be .ecu by
the paving tourist.
Beautiful Surroundings
Though a small town Andrews ia
very attractive, being specially fortu¬
nate in its location. It is bordered
on one side by the extensive towering
range of the Nantahalas and the
famed Nantabala Fnn-.t. On the other
»iile of the town loom the outline*
of the mighty Smokies. Thu» the
town lie* cupped in a verdant valley
(ConfiWd
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pa?, I* fitly)
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