Top Story Spotlight Next America 250 presentation to highlight Old Fort’s Col. Daniel Adams Mike Conley Apr 24, 2026 3 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The next America 250 presentation will focus on the life and legacy of one notable McDowell County figure.kAm~? %9FCD52J[ |2J f[ :? ~=5 u@CE[ 2? p>6C:42 ad_ DA62<6C 6G6?E H:== 9:89=:89E r@=] s2?:6= (] p52>D] pFE9@C y@9? #] {6H:D H:== E2=< 23@FE p52>D[ 2 4:E:K6? @7 ~=5 u@CE] ~C:8:?2==J 7C@> {@F:D:2?2[ p52>D H2D 2? 2C49:E64E[ 6?8:?66C[ 86@=@8:DE[ 7@C6DE6C[ :?G6?E@C[ D@=5:6C[ A2EC:@E[ :??@G2E@C 2?5 3FD:?6DD>2?] w6 H2D :?E6C?2E:@?2==J <?@H? 7@C 9:D 6IA6CE:D6 :? 7@C6DE 7:C6 AC6G6?E:@? 2?5 F?56C8C@F?5 6I42G2E:@?[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6 7C@> @C82?:K6CD]k^Am Col. Daniel W. Adams A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF MCDOWELL kAmp G6E6C2? @7 (@C=5 (2C x[ 96 4@?46:G65 2?5 4@?DECF4E65 E96 7:CDE 7@C6DE 7:C6 E@H6C :? E96 H@C=5 H:E9:? 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