Rocky Mount

Rocky Mount is a city in North Carolina. Its dawning days were more or less centered around cotton mills in the early 19th century, though it was settled as early as the 1700s by Europeans. Eventually tobacco became the prized crop and warehouses and rail stations sprung up to export this commodity. Rocky Mount, though with a reputation tarnished somewhat by crime and urban decay, is the birthplace of Mike Tyson and Hardee's fast food restaurants and where Jim Thorpe debuted with the Rocky Mountain Railroaders and Jack Kerouac wrote parts of "The Dharma Bums" during his visits there.

Get in
By car. Rocky Mount is directly connected by highway with Roanoke Rapids (Interstate 95), Fayetteville (Interstate 95), Raleigh (US 64), Tarboro (US 64), and Wilson (US 301).

By plane. The nearest commercial airport serving the area is Pitt–Greenville Airport.

Do

 * Watch the North Carolina Wesleyan College's Battling Bishops play NCAA sports.
 * Watch the North Carolina Wesleyan College's Battling Bishops play NCAA sports.
 * Watch the North Carolina Wesleyan College's Battling Bishops play NCAA sports.

Eat

 * The Prime Smokehouse: Barbecue & Beyond - overlooking the river
 * The Tipsy Tomato - pizza restaurant
 * The Tipsy Tomato - pizza restaurant



Drink
Koi Pond Brewing Company also at the Rocky Mount Mills.