WARRENTON MALE ACADEMY
Stood here. Chartered 1787, named Warrenton High School, 1898. Since 1923 a public school.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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W. L. SAUNDERS
Editor "Colonial Records of North Carolina," Confederate colonel, N.C. Secretary of State, 1879-91. His grave is four blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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W. D. PENDER
Confederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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BRAGG HOME
Boyhood home of Bragg brothers, Thomas, governor, 1855-9; Braxton, Confederate general, and John, U.S. Congressman. One block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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WILLIAM R. DAVIE
A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in this house.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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HUTCHINS G. BURTON ca. 1774-1836
Governor, 1824-1827; Attorney General of N.C.; Congressman. His home was 400 yds. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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WILLIAM MILLER
Governor, 1814-1817; state legislator and attorney general; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America. Lived three miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ROANOKE CANAL
Canal and locks around river rapids completed 1834 by Roanoke Navigation Company. Highway crosses route of canal at this point.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ROANOKE CANAL
Canal and locks completed around river rapids, 1834. Highway crosses canal route here. A lock is 200 feet south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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RICHARD WARFINGTON
Member of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-06. Led the return trip from Mandan villages. Born 1777 near here. Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FIRST RAILROAD
The first railroad in the State was completed in 1833 from Petersburg, Va., to Blakely, on the Roanoke River, a short distance southeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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LAFAYETTE
On his American tour, Lafayette spent the night of February 28, 1825, at the home of Henry Donaldson which stood near this spot.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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INDEPENDENCE
The "Halifax Resolves," first formal sanction of American Independence, adopted in this town, April 12, 1776.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ALLEN JONES
Brigadier General during the Revolution, member of Provincial Congress and of Continental Congress. Site of home, Mt. Gallant, 1/4 mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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LITTLETON COLLEGE
Chartered in 1883 as Central Institute and in 1887 as Littleton Female College. Burned 1919. Was located here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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LOUISBURG COLLEGE
Opened in 1857 on the site of the Franklin Academy, chartered 1787. Now a Methodist junior college, coeducational.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington was a visitor in the town of Halifax, on April 16-17, 1791.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington spent the night, April 18, 1791, in the town of Tarboro.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD
Longest railroad in the world when completed in 1840. Length 161 1/2 mi. Terminus was nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD
Chartered 1835, completed 1840. Gaston, its terminal town, now extinct, was 3 mi. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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