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Historic Trails

The Bartram Trail is designated as a National Recreation Trail by the National Trails System Act of 1968. The trail is blazed in a yellow, vertically oriented rectangle in North Carolina and a ...

The Women’s History Trail begins at 592 East Main Street in Franklin at the Town of Franklin’s Women’s History Park where you can view “Sowing the Seeds of the Future” ...

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On the drive to Wayah Bald, you can stop at the Wilson Lick Ranger Station (about three miles before you reach the summit). Built in 1916, Wilson Lick gives you ...

If you want to explore the history of the Cherokee Tribe and its people, a great place to start is here. Noquisiyi (later interpreted as Nikwasi) means star place and was a Cherokee town situated ...