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Old Fort Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Old Fort.
On January 25, 1872, the town of Catawba Vale was founded. The town name was changed to Old Fort on February 23, 1873, [7] honoring its origins. [6] The railroad came to Old Fort in 1879. [8] In the 1950s the Supreme Court of North Carolina dismissed a case brought
The museum is located in Old Fort, North Carolina, and is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Admission is free, and the museum is open year round.
A wildfire that McDowell County Emergency Management called "out of control" erupted in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort on Wednesday, just four months after the area was ravaged by ...
In Old Fort, population 800, neighbors work together after the devastation of Tropical Storm Helene. Still, recovery will take years.
Transylvania County: 12 East Main St Brevard, NC 28712 1873 Tyrrell County Courthouse: Tyrrell County: 403 Main St Columbia, NC 27925 1903 Union County Courthouse: Union County: 400 N Main St Monroe, NC 28112 1886 Vance County Courthouse: Vance County: 156 Church St, Suite 101 Henderson, NC 27536 1884 Wake County Courthouse Wake County: 316 ...
A satellite view shows mud and debris near Old Fort Elementary School, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Old Fort, North Carolina, on Oct. 2, 2024.
Just over the railroad tracks in Old Fort, North Carolina, is the town square defined by a 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) arrowhead hand-chiseled in granite.The landmark was unveiled to a crowd of more than 6,000 people on July 27, 1930, by Marie Nesbitt as a symbol of the peace achieved in an earlier century between pioneers and Native Americans.