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4 unusual facts about Morganton


Gymnasium Achern

Every fall, Gymnasium Achern sends a group of students to Freedom High School in Morganton, North Carolina, USA to stay with student's families for two weeks as a part of the German American Partnership Program (GAPP).

Mississippian culture

At Joara, near Morganton, North Carolina, Native Americans of the Mississippian culture interacted with Spanish explorers of the Juan Pardo expedition, who built a base there in 1567 called Fort San Juan.

Morganton

Morganton, Tennessee, former city in East Tennessee, near modern-day Greenback

North Carolina School for the Deaf

The North Carolina School for the Deaf is a state-supported residential school for deaf children established in 1894, in Morganton, North Carolina, USA.


Etta Baker

Etta Baker was first recorded in the summer of 1956 when she and her father happened across folk singer Paul Clayton while visiting Cone Mansion in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, near their home in Morganton, NC.

WMNC

WMNC-FM, a radio station (92.1 FM) licensed to Morganton, North Carolina, United States


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