Paint Rock Marker
N 35° 53.616 W 082° 49.278
17S E 335621 N 3973679
Paint Rock marker, No. P 27, located on US 25 and US 70 in the City of Hot Springs, NC.
Waymark Code: WMHEJ
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2006
Views: 91
Paint Rock got it's name from the human and animal figures that were painted on it by the indians.
One of the principal Indian routes came through Paint Rock and followed the French Broad River to the present site of Hot Springs. The earliest building at Paint Rock was a blockhouse, built in 1793 for the protection of travelers along the river road. Indians were a constant threat to traders and settlers who moved up and down the river, so guards were stationed in blockhouses along the way.
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