Wednesday, May 23, 2018

STOP 41 NORTH CAROLINA Postcards Haywood County


AND HERE WE ARE:
STOP 41 
OF THE 3007 U.S. COUNTY POSTCARD STOPS ON THIS BLOG'S POSTCARD TRIP
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HAYWOOD COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA

THIS COUNTY'S COUNTY SEAT AND LARGEST CITY IS WAYNESVILLE.
THIS COUNTY WAS FOUNDED IN 1808.
IT HAS 555 SQUARE MILES.
IT WAS NAMED FOR JOHN HAYWOOD WHO WAS NC TREASURER FROM 1787-1827.
THE LAST SHOT OF THE CIVIL WAR EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WAS FIRED AT WAYNESVILLE IN 1865.
POINT OF INTEREST IS A MONUMENT ON THIS THERE.
MT GUYOT IS THE HIGHEST POINT 6621 FT.
THIS COUNTY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE HIGHEST COUNTY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
THIS COUNTY CONTAINS A PORTION OF THE QUALLS BOUNDARY A TRIBAL RESERVATION OF EASTERN BAND OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS.
POINTS OF INTEREST:
MAGGIE VALLEY
CANTON
CLYDE
WAYNESVILLE
COLD MOUNTAIN
GHOST TOWN




NOW WE GO TO 

THE CROSS
AT LAKE JUNALUSKA




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