The Proclamation of 1763

The Proclamation of 1763

North Carolina was a British Colony in the mid 1700’s. After the French and Indian War, in 1763, the British passed the Proclamation stating that the colonists could not move west of the “watershed line” along the highest mountains.They did not have to protect...

The Tale of the Toe

The Legend of the Esta”Toe” River This legend was printed as told by the students in the Mitchell County Schools in 1938. Some versions of the story depict Estatoe as a Cherokee Indian, others as a Catawba Indian. In the early days before the white came to...