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Historical Markers and War Memorials in McDowell County, North Carolina
Adjacent to McDowell County, North Carolina
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| On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 325.9), 1.5 miles east of Altapass Highway, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Apple butter, apple cider, applesauce, apple pie! There were few home grown products more useful to the mountain farmer than apples. Cuttings from favorite trees were often taken from place to place when the family moved or children left home. Today . . . — — Map (db m140612) HM |
| On U.S. 70 0.2 miles east of Lake Tahoma Road (North Carolina Highway 80), on the right when traveling east. |
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Served 1843-1845 as the seat of McDowell County government. Home of Col. John Carson and his sons, Jonathan L., Samuel P., William, & Joseph McD. Now a historical museum. — — Map (db m77431) HM |
| Near U.S. 70 0.2 miles east of Lake Tahoma Road (North Carolina Highway 80), on the right when traveling east. |
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On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m77441) HM |
| On U.S. 221 at North Carolina Highway 226, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 221. |
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A rendezvous for the North Carolina militia led by General Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee in 1776, was one mile east. — — Map (db m77451) HM |
| On Rutherford Road (Business U.S. 221) near Vale Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Survived Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. A soldier in 7th U.S. cavalry, he witnessed defeat of Geo. A. Custer. Lived here. — — Map (db m77429) HM |
| On U.S. 70 0.1 miles west of North Main Street (Business U.S. 221), on the right when traveling west. |
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Home of Joseph McDowell (1758-1795), soldier and physician. Officer at the Battle of Kings Mountain. — — Map (db m77443) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 70) at New Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
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National Championship winning college basketball coach for University of North Carolina and Member of Basketball Hall of Fame. Born in 1950 in Marion General Hospital, which stands one block north. — — Map (db m77442) HM |
| On U.S. 64 1.2 miles south of North Carolina Highway 226, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Prelude to the Battle of Kings Mountain. Site of a skirmish on Sept. 12, 1780, between Loyalists and "Overmountain Men" — — Map (db m20339) HM |
| On SR 1400 (Old U.S. 70) at Mill Creek Road (County Road 1407) on SR 1400. |
| | Built ca. 1885 to mark railroad gateway to the Blue Ridge Mts. Restored in 1911 & 1975. Named for A. B. Andrews of Raleigh. Located 2.1 miles north. — — Map (db m97673) HM |
| On Mill Creek Road (County Road 1407) 0.4 miles south of Graphite Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This geyser was built in 1912 by George Fisher Baker of New York, as a tribute to his friend Colonel Alexander Boyd Andrews, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and in appreciation for the great public service he rendered in the development and upbuilding . . . — — Map (db m98508) HM |
| On Catawba Avenue at North Railroad Street on Catawba Avenue. |
| | Early outpost against Indians. Used by Gen. Rutherford
in expedition against Cherokee, Sept.,1776. Stood nearby and gave name to this town. — — Map (db m39735) HM |
| On Catawba Avenue at North Railroad Street on Catawba Avenue. |
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This marks the site of
The Old Fort
Built A.D. 1756
The western outpost
of the United States
and
of North Carolina
until 1776
from which this town was
named — — Map (db m39736) HM |
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