By Mark Scott, director, Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism
1 True or false: There have been more than four different county seats for Montgomery County?
2 True or false: The first county seat for Montgomery County was wiped out by the bubonic plague?
3 True or false: Guatari was a great American Indian town and seat of power that once stood on the banks of the Yadkin River and evolved into the name Uwharrie.
4 More recent history: On what date in 2018 did the Speckled Paw have its grand opening?
- March 1
- March 17
- April 1
5 True or false: The “Discover Montgomery County” 2018 edition lists more than 30 churches with Mount Gilead addresses.
ANSWERS:
1. True. According to the 2018 edition of “Discover Montgomery County” published by Womack Publishing (publishers of the Montgomery Herald), Tinsdale, Blakely, Henderson, Stokes and Lawrenceville were all Montgomery County seats prior to Troy!
2. False. Also according to “Discover Montgomery County,” Tinsdale was the county seat for only a short time as it was wiped out by a typhoid fever outbreak, not bubonic plague.
3. True, according to the “Experience the Uwharries” brochure published by the Montgomery County Tourism Authority.
4. The Speckled Paw grand opening was March 17, 2018. (Stay tuned for specials that will occur during the Paw’s one-year anniversary next month!)
5. True. In the “Discover Montgomery County” 2018 edition, there are 31 churches listed with Mt. Gilead addresses.