Morganton

[ mawr-guhn-tuhn ]

/ ˈmɔr gən tən /

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a town in central North Carolina.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

This will leave 1114 feet for the height of that line above the sea, or 146 feet more than I had allowed for Morganton.
Letters from the Alleghany Mountains|Charles Lanman
Morganton is a village perched on a spur of the Blue Ridge, made dusky by shadows of overhanging hills.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. December, 1877.|Various
From Morganton to Charleston the distance is two hundred and eighty-five miles.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers|William Bingley
There were, at Lincolnton, two or three large shops, which transacted the same kind of business as that at Morganton.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers|William Bingley

On the second of October, he again set out, and proceeded towards Morganton.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers|William Bingley