Near U.S. 70, 0.2 miles east of Lake Tahoma Road (North Carolina Highway 80), on the right when traveling east.
(preface)
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 m208799) HM
On U.S. 70, 0.2 miles east of Lake Tahoma Road (North Carolina Highway 80), on the right when traveling east.
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
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 221) at East Court Street (U.S. 70), on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
[Center)
Dedicated
in honor of all
McDowell County
veterans and to
the memory of
those who gave
their life for
our country
Note: Conflicts and names are listed in the order, from left to right, that they appear on . . . — — Map (db m240417) WM
On North Main Street (U.S. 70) at New Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
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
