Topics Related to Western North Carolina

Mount Mitchell Declared Highest Peak in Eastern U.S.

On November 3, 1835, Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina, announced that a peak in the Black Mountains of North Carolina was the highest in the eastern United States.

Andrews Geyser at Old Fort

On May 6, 1976, the town of Old Fort in McDowell County rededicated its once nationally-known Andrews Geyser.