Cherokee Defeat

Historical marker location:

11219 Georgia Road, Otto, North Carolina

( Marker is on Georgia Road (U.S. 441) 0.1 miles north of Mulberry Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1939

The town of Saluda, North Carolina, is home to the steepest standard-gauge mainline railway grade in the United States, with a gradient of 4.7%.