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Aug 23, 2011 · I have seen something that looked like a branch (a main stalk with twigs branching off) identified as flag pole toppers in books devoted to relics dug up on Civil War sites. I thought they were rather odd looking for a flag pole.
The Civil War in Madison County. Because Madison County was a “border county” in a “border state” during the Civil War, there are many examples of communities as well as families divided in their allegiances.
Explore How the Civil War Affected Madison County, NC | Learn About the Historic Conflicts North of Asheville
The Shelton Laurel massacre was a Confederate regiment's execution of 13 accused United States sympathizers on or about January 18, 1863, in the Shelton Laurel Valley of Madison County, North Carolina at the height of the American Civil War.
- Visit Civil War Sites
- Stand on The Old Buncombe Turnpike
- Visit Where Cecil Sharp Collected Ballads
- View The Petroglyphs on Paint Rock
- Visit The Original Allanstand
- Read The Detailed Stories of Hot Springs’ History
- Visit The Site of A WWI Internment Camp
- Explore Our Rural History at A Museum
- Flip Through A Scrapbook About Sheriff Bailey
- Stand on The Location of NC’s First Golf Course
As part of the regional Civil War trails, there is one marker in each of the three towns in Madison County which tell stories about the county’s role in the Civil War. In Mars Hill, troops occupied the Mars Hill College campus for a period of time. In Marshall, a residence played a major part in a “brother vs. brother” story–what is know historical...
Long before there were highways for farmers to take their products and livestock to market, a drovers trail grew up along the French Broad River known as the Old Buncombe Turnpike. This stretched from Greenville, SC to Greenville, TN for 75 miles. Drovers’ stands grew up along the way as stopping points for the drovers to rest for the night and thu...
In 1916 Cecil Sharp, an English folklorist, traveled to the United States to collect old ballads, he was amazed to find what he called “the richest repository of English folksongs in the world” here in Madison County. He traveled throughout the Laurel Country collected the music. But, it was in Hot Springs at the home of Jane Gentry that he collect...
The first settlers in this area, the Cherokee Indians, left one of the state’s best examples of Indian pictographs on Paint Rock just a few short miles outside of Hot Springs. It is believed that the Cherokee made these rock art sites on their way to the hot springs. They, too, believed in the healing powers of the mineral springs and traveled to t...
The birthplace of the Southern Highland Craft Guild is here in the Laurel Country of Madison County. Allanstand Cottage Industries was started by Frances Goodrich, a Presbyterian missionary who moved to the area in the late 1800s. She recognized the extraordinary mountain crafts of the local people, especially the woven coverlets. Trying to both pr...
The oldest town in Madison County has a rich and varied history which is displayed by pictorial exhibits in the Hot Springs Welcome Center in the heart of its downtown. The town’s name is derived from the hot mineral springs flowing under the site of many historic hotels and now a current spa.Those healing waters brought many to the area. Some of t...
A little-known fact in the history of the town of Hot Springs is that during World War I, the grounds of the Mountain Park Hotel (now the Hot Springs Resort and Spa) was used to house almost 2000 German prisoners at an Internment Camp. These were not German soldiers and therefore, were referred to as “enemy aliens.” They built an actual German Vill...
These rugged mountains created a rugged folk and the heritage of those early years in the southern Appalachian Mountains is preserved in the exhibits at the Rural Heritage Museum on the Mars Hill University campus. The historic Montague Building showcases that history through exhibits and collections. Learn about the agricultural history–Madison Co...
No story in the south is complete without a moonshine connection. This one tells the story from the side of the law rather than that of the law-breakers. Jesse James Bailey served as sheriff of Madison County from 1920-22 and of Buncombe County from 1928-30; in other words, during Prohibition. His successes in capturing moonshine stills in the back...
The natural mineral waters of the town of Hot Springs have long attracted the rich who sought the healing properties of the springs. Because of this several upscale hotels operated on the site where the current Resort and Spa is located. One such hotel was the Mountain Park Hotel run by the Rumbough family. They added many amenities which would be ...
Sep 3, 2024 · This exhibition presents an account, using rare original letters and newly-discovered documents, of the personal struggles of the people living in Madison County and the Southern Appalachian Mountains during the middle of the 19th century. The museum is open daily (except Mondays) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment.
Known Civil War Battles & Skirmishes in Madison County, NC. January 18, 1863 - Shelton Laurel Massacre. October 16, 1863 - Warm Springs.
