All about Morganton
The Hickory area serves as the home of Bernhardt, Broyhill, Boyles, Classic Leather, Drexel Heritage, Henredon, Hickory Chair and Mitchell Gold furniture companies. Hickory is also headquarters to optical fiber cable makers Corning Cable Systems and Commscope. These two companies makes Hickory the largest producer of optical fiber in the country.
Over 38,000 people reside in this city today. Hickory is the economic, social, and cultural center of the Catawba Valley. As the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1998 Money Magazine's "most livable place to live" and twice-named an "All American City," Hickory continues to attract tourists, families, and industries to this part of the state.
Hickory is one of North Carolinas fastest growing cities other than Durham and High Point, Hickory is a beautiful city lined with glistening lakes in the summer, and Snow packed trees in the winter. Come and find out what is causing such a growth spurt in beautiful Hickory.
While here you will see and do so many things that you'll really need to return again and again just to come close to doing everything that Hickory and the surrounding area has to offer. The world famous Hickory Furniture Mart brings nearly 500,000 visitors each year to save enomous amounts of money on their furniture buys. The Hickory Crawdads not only have one of the best team names in baseball they are proud members of the South Atlantic League and a Class A affilate of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Of course NASCAR has a great history in the Hockory region. Not only is Hickory the home of the Hickory Motor Speedway but it is also the home of drivers like Dale Jarrett.
The barbecue houses rate among the best and the Fish Houses are worth the visit to get a taste of what is best about North Carolina cooking.
Come to Hickory to shop, dine, conduct business or see NASCAR stars of the future. Whatever brings you here you will be sure to enjoy the experience. Take advantage of the powerful hotel booking and trip planning features of the Golden Hare Travel Services web site to save money and time. You'll find as much to like about our site as there is to like about Hickory and its neighbors.