Swannanoa Tunnel

Historical marker location:

Ridgecrest, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Yates Avenue and Royal Gorge Road, on the right when traveling north on Yates Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2008

North Carolina has a rich African-American history, including the establishment of the first free black community in the United States, known as the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, during the Civil War.