Historical Markers and War Memorials in Forest City
Forest City, North Carolina and Vicinity
▶ Rutherford County (32)
▶ Buncombe County (90)
▶ Burke County (20)
▶ Cleveland County (25)
▶ Henderson County (74)
▶ McDowell County (12)
▶ Polk County (24)
▶ Cherokee County, South Carolina (67)
▶ Spartanburg County, South Carolina (125)
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▶ Buncombe County (90)
▶ Burke County (20)
▶ Cleveland County (25)
▶ Henderson County (74)
▶ McDowell County (12)
▶ Polk County (24)
▶ Cherokee County, South Carolina (67)
▶ Spartanburg County, South Carolina (125)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — O-31 — Elisha Baxter — ![]() |
Governor of Arkansas, 1873-74; Union colonel in Civil War; elected to U.S. Senate, 1864, but not seated. Birthplace stood 4 1/2 miles S.E. — — Map (db m14575) HM |
2► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — First Baptist Church — ![]() |
Organized as Cool Springs Baptist Church in John Bostick home in 1848-met there until 1855, about 500 feet west. First log Meeting House and Cemetery on Vance Street, 1855-1867. Second church house located in present Cool Springs Cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m14584) HM |
3► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Forest City — ![]() |
1887 Forest City Main Street Historic District National Register of Historic Places The town of Forest City was originally incorporated as Burnt Chimney in 1877. — — Map (db m14583) HM |
4► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Forest City Confederate Memorial — ![]() |
To the memory of Capt. H.D. Lee and Company D 16th Regiment, who were the first to leave from Rutherford County for the War Between The States June 3rd, 1861, and Capt. J.B. Eaves and Company I 50th Regiment, who left in . . . — — Map (db m14582) HM |
5► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — O 21 — North Carolina / South Carolina — ![]() |
North Carolina Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c.1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr.12, 1776. South Carolina Formed 1712, from part of Carolina, which was chartered in . . . — — Map (db m13046) HM |
6► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Old Cool Springs Cemetery — 1840 - 1873 — ![]() |
Site of Cool Springs Baptist Church, now First Baptist Church, organized in John Bostick Home, 1848. First log meeting house 1855-1867. First church and cemetery in settlement. — — Map (db m19995) HM |
7► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Police Memorial — ![]() |
In Memory of Left Panel Captain Roy Huskey Rutherford County Sheriff's Department Born May 25, 1931 Shot and killed in the line of duty in rural Rutherford County May 31, 1979 Center Panel Trooper R.L. "Pete . . . — — Map (db m14580) HM |
8► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Rutherford County Memorial — ![]() |
In (sic) memorian Rutherford County boys who made the supreme sacrifice [List of names] — — Map (db m14578) HM |
9► North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Town of Burnt Chimney — ![]() |
Town of Burnt Chimney 1877-1887 Changed to Forest City 1887 100th Anniversary 1977 — — Map (db m19971) HM |