Trails sign on US 70, a half mile west of Marion town limits – An element

of Union Gen. George Stoneman's cavalry raiders skirmished briefly with

home guards here April 19, 1865; then "were swarming in and around

the house." After plundering the home and scaring the family, Stoneman

moved on toward Asheville.

Trails sign in Andrews Geyser Park on Mill Creek Road off Old US

Highway 70, 4 miles west of the Old Fort Visitor Center and Railroad

Museum – Confederates consolidated here April 19, 1865, after Union

raiders left the Carson House and easily turned back the Northern

advance.