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Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Burke County > History

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The Appalachian Quarterly (Source: Wayback Machine) ($)
Archaeology & Historic Preservation Fact Sheet Burke County
Burke County (Source: Wikipedia)
Burke County A Brief History ($)
Burke County Historical Markers (Source: Historic Markers)
Burke County History (Source: North Carolina Encyclopedia)
Burke County History
Burke County History
Burke County History & Demographics (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
Burke County History Bibliography (Source: WorldCat)
Burke Courthouse Built of local cut stone, ca. 1835, by James Binnie. August terms of State Supreme Court held here, 1847-61. Raided by Union force 1865. Remodeled 1901 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
The Heart of the Alleghanies Or, Western North Carolina (Source: Google Book Search)
Historic Sites in the Hickory Metro Area (Alexander, Burke, Caldwell and Catawba Counties)
Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851 includes Burke County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
National Register of Historic Places
Sketches of Western North Carolina Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)

Churches and Other Religious Institutions

History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Tennessee Synod (Source: Janelle's Genealogy Home Page)
Primitive Baptist Churches Church and Family History Assistance (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)
Waldenses A religious body dating from the Middle Ages. The town of Valdese was founded by members of this group in 1893 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Histories of specific towns and townships (10)

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe and Burke County Tornadoes (Source: The Tornado Project)
Burke County Storms (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Morganton, North Carolina Weather History (Source: Weather Underground)
Valdese, NC Bomb Shelter Explosion, May 1972 (Source: GenDisasters)

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