PINELAND COLLEGE- EDWARDS MILITARY INSTITUTE
Founded 1875. Includes kindergarten through junior college. Campus is 250 yards west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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REV. JAMES CAMPBELL
One of early Presbyterian ministers in N.C., 1757-1780. Organized Bluff, Barbecue, and Longstreet churches. Grave is 8 mi. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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RAFT SWAMP
After the Tory victory at McPhaul's Mill, the Whigs routed the Tories near here on Oct. 15, 1781, and broke their resistance in this area.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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McPHAUL'S MILL
Rendezvous point for local Tories. Near here on Sept. 1, 1781, David Fanning's men routed a Whig force under Thomas Wade. Stood 1.7 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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WILLIAM RUFUS KING
Congressman from N.C., 1811-16; Senator from Alabama for 29 years. Vice-President of the United States, 1853. Born six miles east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ASHPOLE CHURCH
Union center of worship, originally 2 1/2 miles N.W. Presbyterians withdrew in 1796 and organized their own church here. 1860 building, 300 yds. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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TEMPERANCE HALL
Meeting hall of the Richmond Temperance and Literary Society, 1860 to 1890's. Sacked by Sherman's army in 1865. Stands 1 1/2 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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CHAS. W. CHESNUTT 1858-1932
Negro novelist and short story writer, teacher and lawyer. Taught in a school which stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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STATE SANATORIUM
Opened in 1908. First state institution in North Carolina for treating tuberculosis. Sponsored by Dr. J. E. Brooks of Greensboro.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
General Sherman, with a part of his army, on March 9-10, 1865, camped here at Bethel Presbyterian Church (organized before 1800).Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JAMES LYTCH
Invented Lytch cotton planter (patented 1878), a favorite in the South, and other implements. Shops were 1/4 mile S.W. This was his home.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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GUN FACTORY
Revolutionary War arms factory operated in this vicinity by Richard Herring and John Devane until destroyed by the Tories.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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RICHARD CLINTON
Lieut. colonel militia, member Provincial Congress, 1775, legislature, conventions 1788, 1789. This town named for him. Home was nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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BABE RUTH
Hit his first home run in professional baseball, March, 1914. 135 yds. N.W. In this town George Herman Ruth acquired the nickname "Babe."Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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MARION BUTLER
United States Senator, 1896-1901. Populist- Republican. Supporter of education, sponsor of rural free delivery act. Birthplace is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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CAMP MACKALL
Primary training site for U.S. Army airborne troops in World War II. Established 1943; named for Private John Thomas Mackall. Two miles W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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THOMAS ROBESON
Colonel in Revolution, member of provincial congresses and state senator. Robeson County is named for him. His home stood 1/2 mile N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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MONROE'S CROSSROADS
Gen. Kilpatrick's Union cavalry repulsed Gen. Hampton's Confederate cavalry there, March 10, 1865, ten miles north. Now in Fort Bragg area.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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JOHN WILLIS
Founder of Lumberton, captain in Revolution, later brigadier general; member of legislature, conventions of 1788, '89. Plantation was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ANGUS W. McLEAN
Governor, 1925-1929, Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1920-1921. Home is 1 mile south, grave 100 yards N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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