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 Lisa grew up in Bucks County, PA. She lived in Florida for 12 years before making her home on the Valley River in Marble. Lisa has been a local figure in Murphy, pioneering and facilitating fund raisers, charity events and getting involved with the needs of the community. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Valley River Humane Society and donates $100.00 to them on EVERY sale. Lisa has her finger on the pulse of the city and its growing needs.

She was a local business owner in downtown Murphy for 5 years. She is also an artist and has had her photography published. She also loves boating, fishing, cooking and traveling. She is the mother of one child and owner of many domestic and exotic pets.

Lisa uses the same attitude and approach that has allowed her to become a successful artist and business woman when she works with a client. She is determined to find just the right property and won't give up until everyone is happy! She loves the mountains, the Town of Murphy, the local lakes and rivers and she is anxious to share that love with you.

Lisa is an Associate Broker with Coldwell Banker High Country Realty and a member of the Diamond Club.

Murphy is a town in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,568 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County and is the westernmost county seat in North Carolina and closer to the capitals of six other states (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia) than to Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Murphy was named for North Carolina politician Archibald Murphey.

The town is located at the confluence of the Hiwassee River and Valley River.

The site of Murphy, along the Hiwassee River, was known to the Cherokee as Tlanusi-yi (the Leech Place), because of a legend about a giant leech named Tlanusi that lived in the river there.

The Trading Path (later called the "Unicoi Turnpike") passed by the future site of Murphy, connecting the Cherokee lands east of the mountains with the "Overhill Towns" of Tennessee.

In 1836, during the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears, the United States army built Fort Butler in what is today Murphy. Fort Butler acted as the main collection point for Cherokee east of the mountains. From Fort Butler the Cherokee were taken over the mountains on the Unicoi Turnpike to the main internment camps at Fort Cass (today Charleston, Tennessee). Today the Unicoi Turnpike is known as Joe Brown Highway. The Cherokee County Historical Museum located in Murphy provides information about the Trail of Tears.

Races in Murphy:

White Non-Hispanic (88.3%) Black (5.5%) Hispanic (2.9%) American Indian (2.0%) Other race (1.1%) Two or more races (1.1%) Asian Indian (0.7%)

Murphy NC  offers a scenic vacation spot loaded with activities for you and your family, such as  whitewater rafting & kayaking, jet & water skiing, boating & swimming, hiking & biking, horseback riding, mountain & rock climbing, fishing & hunting, golf & miniature golf, gem mining & panning for gold, antiquing & shopping, restaurants & cinemas, wildlife, ATV trails, RV parks, US Forest Service properties, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Cherokee Indian Reservation, John C. Campbell Folk School, Harrah's Cherokee Casino, Fields of the Wood, Tail of the Dragon, Nantahala & Ocoee Gorges, Biltmore Estate, Smokey Mountain Railway, Sightseeing & Scenic Drives, Jeep Jamborees, annual Possum Drop, Lakes Appalachia, Chatuge, Hiwassee & Notley


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