▁Carolina ▁maps ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s . ▁Several ▁dry ▁goods ▁stores ▁were ▁operating ▁at ▁El k ▁Cross ▁Ro ads ▁before ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁latter ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁community ' s ▁commerce ▁grew ▁with ▁large ▁scale ▁tim ber ▁har vest ing ▁and ▁also ▁min ing ▁of ▁m ica ▁and ▁co pper . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁Tod d ▁was ▁larger ▁than ▁the ▁nearby ▁town ▁of ▁Bo one ▁in ▁W ata uga ▁County . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁the ▁Post ▁Office ▁was ▁formally ▁renamed ▁Tod d ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁Joseph ▁Warren ▁Tod d , ▁a ▁native ▁son , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁Civil ▁War ▁veter an ▁and ▁cred ited ▁with ▁rest oring ▁order ▁and ▁th wart ing ▁bush wh ack ers ▁in ▁W ata uga ▁and ▁As he ▁count ies ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁His ▁brother , ▁James , ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁back ▁and ▁killed ▁by ▁bush wh ack ers ▁near ▁Tod d . ▁Col . ▁Tod d ▁pract iced ▁law ▁in ▁nearby ▁Jefferson ▁following ▁the ▁war ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 . ▁He ▁also ▁served ▁several ▁terms ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁Carolina ▁General ▁Assembly . ▁ ▁Tod d ' s ▁he yd ay ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁with ▁the ▁tim ber ▁bo om . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁the ▁Virginia – Car ol ina ▁Railway ▁announced ▁the