Location
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Coordinates: 35.6276, -82.1807.
Type: Sight
Tour: Cherokee
County: McDowell
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Although not proven, local tradition backed by some evidence holds that Davidson’s Fort occupied the site where the Mountain Gateway Museum is today. It is possible it was somewhere else nearby.
There is parking at the museum and across the street.
Please see our Hurricane Helene page about likely impacts to this location from the 2024 floods.
Context
From May