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
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 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.
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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
On East Main St (U.S. 70) just west of Spring Street, on the right when traveling west.
Title: "What Happened To Our School?"
September 19th, 2020
This mural depicts two scenes from Old Fort's effort to fight racial injustice.
Left side
The image on the left is based on a photograph of black school children marching on . . . — — Map (db m202569) 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 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 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 m208372) HM
On Water Street east of Catawba Avenue (County Road 1103), on the right when traveling east.
William Bloomfield “Bloom” Rumfelt and his wife, Louise, raised 10 children in this log house, built during the 1880s on a 40-acre farm near present-day U.S. 221 and Mud Cut Road, south of Marion, NC.
When the Rumfelts later moved to Shelby, NC, . . . — — Map (db m211001) HM
On Water Street east of Catawba Avenue (County Road 1103), on the right when traveling east.
Thomas and Martha Allison built and lived in this log cabin along Cane Creek, east of Old Fort, in the late 1860s, after Thomas returned home from the Civil War as a Confederate veteran.
About 1880, the Allisons moved to Colorado, and William and . . . — — Map (db m211007) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 349.2), 2.7 miles north of South Toe River Road, on the right when traveling north.
The 8000-acre Curtis Creek tract before you was the first parcel of land acquired under the Weeks Act. This act was signed by President Taft in 1911 and authorized buying parcels of land that would become eastern National Forests. This tract also . . . — — Map (db m183160) HM
On Water Street east of Catawba Avenue (County Road 1103), on the right when traveling east.
The Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center is dedicated to bringing life to the wonderful history of the “Old North State”. The museum, open year round, focuses on history from the pioneer era through the early 20th century. A variety of . . . — — Map (db m211004) HM
On Catawba Avenue at North Railroad Street on Catawba Avenue.
This marks the site of the old Indian 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 m208371) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 328.6), 1.2 miles south of Altapass Highway, on the left when traveling south.
The hills and valleys before you may seem quiet, rounded with age and blanketed with thick forests. But if you listen closely between the distant sounds of a train whistle, you may hear the sounds of fiddles, banjos and strings bands that still ring . . . — — Map (db m183172) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 328.6), 1.2 miles south of Altapass Highway, on the left when traveling south.
The old Clinchfield Railroad loops and tunnels through the Blue Ridge Mountains before you. Construction of this difficult section began in 1905 when 4,000 workmen, mainly Russian, German and Italian immigrants, began blasting and hammering their . . . — — Map (db m123180) HM
