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Centennial-Haywood-County.Pdf Wfje 3Ufcrarj> ofttje ©mbersiitp ofiSortl) Carolina Collection of Jlortfj Carolintana C97»+4 A+2. UNIVERSITY OF N C AT CHAPEL HILL III 00032761020 This book must not be taken from the Library building. THIS TITLE HAS UEE.N MlCROF LMEO , 1908 rr- 4FAN<B-ITS-60CZJVTy--S£aT.—4, J? HISTORICAL ---BIOGRAPHICAL AGRICULTURAL.-- COMMERCIAL. VygffNESVILLE COURIER? PP/CE PER COPY, 50 CENTS. fiCo ^^fT^^^^^fTP CENTENNIAL of HAYWOOD COUNTY and its County Seat, WAYNESVILLE, N. C By W. C. ALLEN Author '.Child's History of North Carolina, North Carolina History Stories, Whigs and Tories, etc. Countr Printing Companr. tOarntsuillt. .11 <C. •^^o^O FOREWORD. As this is the centennial year of Haywood County and of Way- nesville, its county seat, it is fitting that the history, resources, and material development of the county be presented in some permanent form for the information of our own people as well as those who know us not. To furnish such information is the purpose of this publication. The history of the county, the town, and settlements within its borders, are given with the impartiality, so far as we are able, of the historian. The present resources, as known, and the business interests, including the mercantile, banking, manufacturing, lum- bering, and agricultural, are shown in their true light. "While due attention is given to the material interests of the county, its ethical and professional side is not neglected. The educational and religious institutions and organizations are given the prominence they deserve. In a few words, Haywood County in the past and present,. comprehending every interest, material, professional, and ethical is set forth the hope that a worthy county and state pride will be maintained and cherished by our people, and that greater efforts will be made in the future to set Haywood in the forefront of the progressive counties of the State. The book is for general distribution. An edition of three thou- sand copies is issued. It should find its way into every home in the county and be read by hundreds and thousands in other- localities. As a souvenir of the centennial year it should be highly prized by the best citizens and placed in their libraries for frequent reference. The thanks of the author are due Colonel W. W. Stringfield for the matter contained in the chapter on "Haywood County in War," to Capt. W, II. Hargrove for much valuable information about Pigeon and Beaverdam townships, and to many others who have aided by their sympathy and interest. With the hope thai the book may find its way into the homes of the people of the county, for whom it is written, the publishers now send it forth upon its mission. THE AUTHOR. To the people of Haywood County, loyal in peace, patriotic in war, industrious and law abiding, a citizen- ship that is progressive in all which tends to build up, conservative in all which would modify or change moral or political conditions, this work is dedicated. HISTORY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY. CHAPTER I. Situation and Topography. Situated among the tallest peaks of the Balsam mountains and bordering Tennessee on the west, Haywood County is in one of the fairest and most beautiful sections of North Carolina. In 1808, when it was organized, the county extended from the western spurs of the Blue Ridge on the east to the crest of the Great Smokies on the west, and embraced within its boundaries some of the finest stretches of mountain lands and much of the most beautiful natural scenery to be found east of the Yellowstone National Park or the canons of the far famed Colorado Valley. Within its present limits are some of the loftiest mountain peaks and many of the most beautiful valleys in North Carolina. Next to Mount Mitchell in Yancey, the tallest peaks are found in Haywood. Richland Bald and the Great Divide on the border of Haywood and Jackson Counties are, in height, just a little below Mitchell's peak. Clingman's Dome, in the extrenje western corner of the county, was for a long time thought to be higher than Mitchell. It is, however, a little lower. Plott Balsam, Jones' Knob. Crabtree Bald, Lickstone Bald, and dozens of others that could be mentioned rear their heads into the clouds and stand as giants among their fellows. Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tenn., is a pygmy in com- parison with Junaluska, Pinnacle, Beatty, Rocky Knob and fifty other peaks in the county that are named among the mountain* of average height. Blount Washington in New Hampshire, Long mentioned in the geographies as the tallest peak cast of the Bookies, is not so high as the Greal Divide and only about fifty feet higher than Plotl Balsam. The Catskills and the Adirondack*, of New York, though somewhat more famous, cannot compare in height with the hundred or more peaks in Haywood County. In mountain scenery, therefore, it will be Been that there is no lack in beauty or grandeur. All this section of North Carolina may be appropriately called the Switzerland of America, and in the not distant future our mountain peaks and gorges may become as famous as those of the Alps, or the Highlands of Scotland. Not only in mountains and cliffs is Haywood County remarks bl Sonic of the most beautiful valleys to be found in America are within her borders. The Pigeon River, as it winds its course among the verdant hills as if seeking an exit from its pent u\) condition, trav- erses the county and empties into the French Broad near the Tennessee line. It forms as beautiful a valley as can be found in North Carolina. Richland ('reek, with its rippling, laughing waters, runs through a thickly settled portion of the county and finds it-; way into the Pigeon before the latter loses itself in the Froneli Broad. Jonathan's Creek, a meandering mountain torrent, rises among the peaks and winds through a beautiful valley with lofty mountains on either side and widens into the Pigeon and increases ' the of : volume the latter. Fines Creek, one of Haywood's no- : water ways. Hows through a valley remarkable for its fertility and beauty. Upon its banks abide a people prosperous and contented. The cast ami west fork's of the Pigeon drain a section floted for its rich lands and thrifty people, as well as for its beautiful and varied scenery. Crabtree and Beaverdam Creeks How through picturesque valleys in two of the well known and most populous sections of the county. Besides those already mentioned other smaller water ways beautify portions oi the county. The Raccoon, Hemphill, Allen. Panther ami others of less note, with lovely valleys, sparkle with limpid waters a> they hurry toward the sea, sometimes leaping and dashing down the mountain side, in cases les and resplendent water- falls and again eddying and rollicking as their currents sally onward in apparent delight. In these mountain siiv;i!.':> there is an abundance of trout, which •an be caught by the angler of skill and experience. For these finny inhabitants many disciples of rzaak Walton wade tin- sti with rod and bait, and not a few succeed in excelling the famous 6. fisherman in their catch. In sonic of the streams there are also other kinds of fish in great abundance. As a rule one does not expect to find fertile soil among the hills, but in the valleys of Haywood County and even on the moun- tains the soil is rich and very productive. Crops of great value are annually grown and the "cattle on a thousand hills" can literally be seen in Haywood. Falls of Richland CHAPTER II. Early Settlements. whose borne was near h, the Legislature of 1808, General Love, of the McAfee Cottage where the "Brown" house now stands back Erom Bun- m Waynesville and who was that year representative introduced a bill baving combe County in the General Assembly, of that portion of Buncombe for its purpose to organize a county out south-western boundary and extend- west of its present western and all the territory in the present ing to the Tennessee Line, including Swain. Graham, Oaj and counties of Haywood, Macon, Jackson, passed, ratified and became Cherokee. The bill met witb Eavor, was a law. at the session The bill erecting the county was introduced same year, beginning November 21, L808 and ending December 23, and reads as follows: County "Whereas, the inhabitants in the west part of Buncombe in said county, which are very inconvenienl to the Court-house very burthensome and renders 'the attendance of jurors and witnesses winter season: For remedy expensive, and almost impossible in the wher< all that part of the County oi 1. Be it enacted, etc., That boundary line Buncombe, to-wit: beginning where Hie Southern of ridge dividing the of this State crosses the bighesl pari the Siege River, the French Broad from those of the Tucky dividing tin- waters of ,!„.,, along the said rid-- to the ridge said ridge to the Pigeon and the French Broad River, then with the thence a direct, line to the mouth of i Mount Pisgah, on the north side above iir'st branch emptying into Hominy Creek and thence Belieu's, thence with said branch to the Bource of French Broad .,!,„,. ^e top of the ridge, dividing the waters of of Kiver, to the northern boundary this nn(| those Pigeon line which shall divide this State, and wiih the stale Ime t., the the beginning state from the Slate of Georgia, and with that line to ; shall be and is hereby erected into a separate and distinct county, by the name of Haywood, in honor of the present treasurer of the Stat*.
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