
Premier Plane Crash
Premier Plane Crash Just after noon on July 1, 1942, a troop transport plane crashed and burst into flames on a mountainside about four miles

Welch Parking Garage
First Municipally Owned Parking Building in the United States The Welch Parking Garage is the first Municipally Owned Parking Building in the United States. Dedicated

The McDowell County Sports Hall of Fame
The McDowell County Sports Hall of Fame began 2011 as a way to Honor outstanding Athletes who came from McDowell County and went on to

World War Memorial
The Kimball World War I Memorial was the first memorial built in the U.S. to honor African-American veterans of World War I. Today it is