Twin Poplars

… mound and trees 4 mi. N of Lenoir, central Caldwell County. According to local tradition, the Cherokee and Catawba Indians fought there for almost a week, until they became exhausted. They then made a pact declaring that thereafter, the two tribes would live in peace. As a token, they constructed a mound of rocks and tied two young poplar trees together. The trees, now giants of the forest, stand approx. 12 ft. apart at the base, and approx. 20 ft. above the ground they join to form a single tree.