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Connections (alphabetic listing)

(Underlined items are links to the organization's web pages or related information)

Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame. Wilkesboro, NC. For information, call (336) 667-3171.

J.E. Broyhill Civic Center. Call (828) 726-2401 for event schedule.

Baird House: see Granite Falls History and Transportation Museum below.

Burke County History Museum: see History Museum of Burke County below.

Caldwell Arts Council, 601 College Ave., SW, Lenoir, NC 28645. (828) 754-2486

Caldwell County Genealogical Society. Meets first Tuesday of month. Caldwell Co. Library, Lenoir. (828) 758-1075.

Caldwell County Public Library. The main library is at 120 Hospital Ave. Lenoir, NC. Branches are in Hudson & Granite Falls.

Local History Room. Mon, Wed & Fri 8:30-5:30; Tues &Thurs 8:30-8:30; Saturday, 9-4. (828) 757-1271.

Chapel of Rest, Happy Valley, 1964 Highway 268. Open daily. Events as announced.(828) 758-0906

Collettsville Historical Society, Inc. (828) 728-5817.

Foothills Performing Arts Theater. 2855 Hickory Blvd. SW, Hudson. Performances as announced. (828) 726-2318.

Fort Defiance. Highway 268 (1792 Fort Defiance Drive), Yadkin Valley. (828) 758-1671.

"From This Day Forward." See under Valdese (below)

Gamewell History Committee. (828) 754-1991.

Granite Falls History and Transportation Museum (Baird House). Saturday, 10-4; Sunday, 2-4. (828) 396-3131

Harper School of Music. Concerts as announced. (828) 754-2297.

Hickory Museum of Art. American art, incl. paintings & prints, art glass & pottery, contemporary folk art, & North Carolina clay.

History Museum of Burke County, 201 W. Meeting St. Morganton, NC 28655. (828) 437-1277.

"Horn in the West." Outdoor drama about the Revolutionary War, in Boone, NC. June-August. (828) 264-2120.

Hudson Depot Museum. Hudson, NC. Open by appointment, call (828) 728-8272.

North Carolina School of the Deaf, Morganton. History Display in 1880 Superintendent's House. (828) 432-5202.

Telephone Pioneers Museum showcasing the history of the Blue Ridge Telephone Pioneers. Lenoir, NC. (828) 728-4511.

"Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend." Benton Hall, 300 D St., North Wilkesboro, NC, July-August. (336) 838-PLAY.

Tuttle Educational State Forest in Lenoir. Mid-March to Friday before Thanksgiving. (828) 757-5608

Twin Poplars: legendary location of a peace treaty entered upon by the Cherokee and Catawba Indians in Caldwell County.

Valdese Travel and Tourism. Valdese, NC (828) 879-2126..

Waldensian Museum, Valdese, NC. 3:00-5:00 Sundays. (828) 874-3370 or (828) 874-2531.
Waldensian Trail of Faith, Valdese, NC . For information, (828) 874-1893 or (800) 635-4778.
"From This Day Forward." Valdese, NC. Play about the Waldensians. July-Aug. (828) 874-1893 or (800) 635-4778.

Whippoorwill Academy and Village, Highway 268, Ferguson, NC. Saturday-Sunday, 3-5 p.m., April-Dec. (336) 973-3237.

Wilkes Heritage Museum. Wilkesboro, NC. For information, call (336) 667-3171.

Wilson Creek Visitor Center. 7805 Brown Mountain Beach Rd., Collettsville, NC. (828) 759-0005

North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) provides listings by county (Caldwell) and city,
for another approach to finding additional historic and cultural connections in the Caldwell County region.

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