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Cherokee Chief Junaluska and his wife Nicie are buried here. With his warriors, Junaluska saved the life of General Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and for his bravery and faithfulness North Carolina made him a citizen and gave him land in Graham County. He died October 20th, 1868, at more than one hundred years of age.
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