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Historical Markers and War Memorials in McDowell County, North Carolina
Adjacent to McDowell County, North Carolina
▶ Avery County (11) ▶ Buncombe County (90) ▶ Burke County (20) ▶ Mitchell County (9) ▶ Rutherford County (32) ▶ Yancey County (8)
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| | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Home of Joseph McDowell (1758-1795), soldier and physician. Officer at the Battle of Kings Mountain. — — Map (db m77443) HM |
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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 |
| | Prelude to the Battle of Kings Mountain. Site of a skirmish on Sept. 12, 1780, between Loyalists and "Overmountain Men" — — Map (db m20339) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
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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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