The Catawba County Museum of History in Newton, NC
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- Date created
- November 10, 2007
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- Newton, North Carolina
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This is the Catawba County Museum of History in Newton, North Carolina. It is housed in the former Catawba County Court House. Their collection includes agricultural tools and implements forged from hand-dug iron ore, hand-crafted household cupboards, wagon benches, beds, tables, chests, cradles, plantation desks and miniature furniture samples shown by early salesmen. There are also military uniforms from the Revolutionary War to the twentieth century and a major repository of Civil War artifacts.
