Just over the railroad tracks in Old Fort, North Carolina, is the town square defined by a 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) arrowhead hand-chiseled in granite.

The landmark was unveiled to a crowd of more than 6,000 people on July 27, 1930, by Marie Nesbitt as a symbol of the peace achieved in an earlier century between pioneers and Native Americans.

For many years, travelers through these mountains looked for the familiar sight of a tall, hand-carved arrowhead in front of the depot, signaling a stop in the historic town of Old Fort.

Originally a fort built by the colonial militia before the Declaration of Independence, the settlement served for many years as the westernmost outpost of the early United States.

Many years later, a monument was built to the peace finally made between the two peoples: the trademark arrowhead, over 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, hand-chiseled from a large slab of granite stands next to the Chamber of Commerce.