| Whiteside Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 4,930 ft (1,503 m) |
| Location | North Carolina, USA |
| Range | Appalachian Mountains |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Topo map | USGS Highlands |
Whiteside Mountain is a mountain in Jackson County, North Carolina between Cashiers and Highlands, North Carolina and the Georgia border. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys The Appalachian Mountains ( often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A topographic map is a type of Map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using Contour lines in modern The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Jackson County is a County located in the southwest of the US Cashiers is a Census-designated place and unincorporated Village located in southern Jackson County North Carolina. Highlands is an incorporated Town in Jackson and Macon counties in the U [1] Whiteside Mountain is claimed to have the highest cliffs in Eastern North American. [2] It also has a feature called Devil's Courthouse[3], whose name may be confused with the Devil's Courthouse that is 20 miles away in Transylvania County, NC. Devil's Courthouse refers to two locations A great overhang of Whiteside Mountain in Jackson County NC A mountain in Transylvania County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. [4]
There is a road to the top. From the Mountain top itself one can view several States. A foot trail leads off the Road to the top of the Mountain to the Court House. The Park Service since the 1980s has tried to restrict access to it and allowed the trail to it to grow over because of dangers of not only getting to it but one in a strong wind could cause someone to be blown off it. They also did not want accidents from paragliding and similar activities taking place from the Mountain or from the Courthouse. The overhang itself is a small platform less than 7 feet in what would be its diameter connected to Whiteside as if it were a cantilever. Similar overhangs can be found on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A
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History
The Cherokee name for Whiteside mountain is Sanigilâ'gĭ. The Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ a-ni-yv-wi-ya, in the Cherokee language) are a people native to North America, who at the time of European contact [5][6]
Legend of Spear Finger
Cherokee myth says that Spear-finger, the powerful woman monster, built a bridge from the Hiwassee River to Whiteside Mountain. The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in northern Georgia (as the Hiawassee River) and flows [7][6]
Legend of De Soto
The overhang edge has carved into it a message which supposedly says that De Soto was here and supposedly carved by his men who allegedly threw over their crippled sick horses here as well as someone who was giving De Soto trouble and allegedly De Soto held Court and determined that the man should be executed by being thrown off what is called today Devil's Courthouse.
It is dangerous to try to read the carved letters which are less than an inch from the drop off point of the bottom letters and in the 1950s only a small child can even get close to the letters without falling off. The letters must be safely viewed upside down with a mirror or a running mini-video camera attached to a long pole or some sort of robot--- besides rattlesnake trails have been seen here. The best way to see the letters is by helicopter and even then they are difficult to see.
A legend about the carving by De Soto has persisted for many years and even got into some otherwise reputable history texts used in Schools; however, it was proven a hoax and was carved by some boys around 1926 when there was probably much more of the overhang than there is today (2007). This terrain is just too rough for Man and Horse to get through by climbing up straight up sheer walls and over Mountains especially when one considers the straight almost vertical walls of the Blue Ridge escarpment as well as the Gorge in this area for De Soto to have come through here in a time when there were no roads and only pathways or no pathways at all. De Soto's most likely route took him through the Cumberland Gap from South Carolina.
External links
- Whiteside Mountain is at coordinates Coordinates:
References
- ^ USGS GNIS: Whiteside Mountain
- ^ H1271 [Edition 2]. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Retrieved on 2007-07-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
- ^ An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Jackson County, North Carolina (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-07-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
- ^ USGS GNIS: Devil's Courthouse Tunnel
- ^ Ellison, George; Mooney, James E. (1992). James Mooney's history, myths, and sacred formulas of the Cherokees: containing the full texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900) and The sacred formulas of the Cherokees (1891) as published by the Bureau of American Ethnology: with a new biographical introduction, James Mooney and the eastern Cherokees. Asheville, NC: Bright Mountain Books (Historical Images). ISBN 0-914875-19-1. p467
- ^ a b Setzer, Lynn (October 31, 1999), “Once upon a time ...”, The Raleigh News & Observer: 316,444,467, <http://www.newsobserver.com/> Full text
- ^ Ellison, George; Mooney, James E. (1992). James Mooney's history, myths, and sacred formulas of the Cherokees: containing the full texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900) and The sacred formulas of the Cherokees (1891) as published by the Bureau of American Ethnology: with a new biographical introduction, James Mooney and the eastern Cherokees. Asheville, NC: Bright Mountain Books (Historical Images). ISBN 0-914875-19-1. p 316 and also 444 & 467
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