Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept. 1776, passed near-by along Hominy Creek.

Marker is on Asheville Highway (U.S. 19/23).

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Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, camped near-by along Hominy Creek.

Marker is on Smokey Park Highway (U.S. 19/23).

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Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by

Gen. Griffith Rutherford

against the Cherokee,

September 1776, passed

nearby.

Marker is on Brevard Road (North Carolina Route 191) north of Biltmore Estates Drive.

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Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by

Gen. Griffith Rutherford

against the Cherokee,

Sept, 1776, passed here,

through Balsam Gap.

Marker is on Great Smokey Mountain Expressway (U.S. 74), on the left when traveling west.

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Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by

Gen. Griffith Rutherford

against the Cherokee,

Sept. 1776, passed here,

through Pigeon Gap.

Marker is on Pigeon Road (U.S. 276), on the left when traveling west.

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Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, September, 1776, passed nearby on the banks of the Swannanoa River.

Marker is on Hendersonville Road, on the right when traveling south.

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