MAMRH - Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

Scott Douglas, site manager for Fort Dobbs in Statesville will talk about the history of Fort Dobbs and North Carolina's role in the French and Indian War

History Talks are held on the 3rd floor of the Museum and are FREE to the public.

“When war began, North Carolina's unprotected frontier settlements were considered at risk from Indians friendly to the French. In 1755, Gov. Arthur Dobbs (1689-1765) persuaded the colonial assembly to fund "a Barrack and Fort for the Company on the Western Frontier." Construction was underway by the spring of 1756. Fort Dobbs was the only permanent frontier provincial fort in the colony of North Carolina. It served as the military headquarters for the frontier company (approximately fifty men) as well as a safe-haven for settlers. The fort was attacked on the night of February 27, 1760 when more than sixty Cherokees were repelled. The garrison suffered two men wounded, as well as having one colonial boy killed. The Cherokee were reported to have lost 10-12 men killed and wounded.”