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The town water system was installed in 1925. The Graham County Courthouse was constructed in Robbinsville in 1874 but its floor collapsed two decades later while the building was packed during a murder trial. A replacement built in 1895 was the last wooden courthouse built in North Carolina. The third and current building was completed in 1942 ...
The Tapoco Lodge Historic District encompasses a historic mountain lodge and resort in Robbinsville, North Carolina. The lodge was developed in the 1930s by Tapoco, formerly the Tallassee Power Company, which developed hydroelectric power projects in the area. The lodge and associated cabins were built to provide housing for Tapoco employees ...
Graham County (locally / ˈ ɡ r eɪ ˌ h æ m /) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,030, [2] making it the third-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Robbinsville. [3]
Robbinsville. Yet another town in the region that has sought out the benefits of The Small Towns Initiative is Robbinsville, North Carolina which is located in Graham County. Robbinsville was an extreme case for the Rural Center, because it had previously been distinguished as being located in a highly economically distressed Tier 1 County. [4]
The first Graham County Courthouse was constructed in Robbinsville in 1874, but its floor collapsed two decades later while the building was packed during a murder trial. A replacement, built in 1895, was the last wooden courthouse built in North Carolina. The third and current building was completed in 1942. [3] [4]
Each is estimated to have been built more than 1,000 years ago. The EBCI also acquired the Tallulah (1996) mound in Robbinsville, North Carolina. [17] In 2020, Mainspring Conservation Trust acquired 40 acres that include the Watauga Mound and part of the ancient Watauga Town site, to conserve on behalf of the EBCI.
The Graham County Railroad was a logging railroad chartered in 1905 to connect Robbinsville, North Carolina, to the Southern Railway at Topton, North Carolina.Soon after the tracks were starting to be laid, the railroad purchased a used steam locomotive in need of repairs.
Junaluska was born around 1775, [1] [2] approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Franklin, North Carolina near present-day Dillard, Georgia.A few days after his birth, the cradle-board holding him fell over.