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The Cherokee in McDowell

Posted in Cherokee, Lydia Birchfield Story, Revolutionary War, _Interviewee: Anne Swann, tagged , , on February 25, 2011 |

In her book Heart Pine, McDowell County historian Anne Swann writes of the Cherokee people’s ancestors,  ”…it was they who were the first to climb the peaks and drink from the streams that still exist here. It was their feet that found their way into this magical little place, their eyes which first looked upon [...]

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Hunting John McDowell and Brown’s Purchase

Posted in Cherokee, McDowells, _Interviewee: Anne Swann, tagged , , on August 31, 2009 |

To explore this chapter of McDowell history, we join historian Anne Swann in one of the log cabins at the Mountain Gateway Museum to hear the tale of a wrestling match that laid the foundation for the development of the county. Anne also talks about how Hunting  John McDowell came to play a huge role [...]

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