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'MIRACLE OF HICKORY'

Outbreak of polio in June 1944 led to the founding of an emergency hospital 1/2 mile N.E. Closed, 1945.

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID O32)

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