Record #:

14978

Author(s):

Womick, Chip

Abstract:

Mount Gilead, located in Montgomery County, is Our State Magazine's featured Tar Heel Town of the Month.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 4, Sept 2011, p28-34, 36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mount Gilead--Description and travel

Record #:

36973

Author(s):

Newton, Emily DeMaio

Abstract:

This Native American mound, in existence since 800AD, currently serves as the sole state historic site dedicated to the heritage of North Carolina’s first natives. With formal excavations starting in the late 1930s, the village also contains one of the longest studied archaeological sites in the United States.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 5, October 2017, p62 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Native American Artifacts, North Carolina; Archaeology--North Carolina, Western; Excavations (Archaeology)--Montgomery County; Mount Gilead--History; Mount Gilead--Description and travel; Native Americans- North Carolina

Record #:

42800

Author(s):

Saunders, Trudy Haywood

Abstract:

In 1922, Walter Lefler began selling hot dogs out of his country store and gas station. In 2013, jimmy and Laura Anderson purchased the business located on Highway 73, three miles outside Mount Gilead.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 88 Issue 8, January 2021, p40-42 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mount Gilead--Description and travel; Restaurants--Mount Gilead