WACHOVIA TRACT
On Dec. 27, 1752, survey for Moravian settlement began near here. Bishop August Spangenberg led frontier expedition that selected 98,985 acres.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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GREENSBORO COLLEGE
First college chartered for women in N.C., 1838. Founded by Methodist Church. Coeducational since 1954.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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GREENSBORO LAW SCHOOL
Est. by Robert P. Dick & John H. Dillard in 1878. About 300 graduates licensed. School, which was here, closed 1893.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WADSWORTH CHURCH
Congregational. Founded 1870 by former slave Rev. Madison Lindsay. Restored 1885 building is 80 yards southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE
Moravian settlers in 1772 founded a school for girls, now a liberal arts college & academy. Campus is 1/2 mi. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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N.C. FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Volunteer service group promoted suffrage, education, and other social, cultural causes. Founded 1902 one-half mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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MOUNT HECLA MILL
First steam-powered cotton mill in N.C. Operated ca. 1834-50 in large brick building that stood 2 blocks N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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N.C. MANUMISSION SOCIETY
Antislavery organization formed by Quakers in central N.C. First met at Centre, July 1816. Disbanded in 1834.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
Opened interior of N.C. The ground-breaking took place nearby, July 11, 1851. First president, John Motley Morehead.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SIMON G. ATKINS 1863-1934
Founded Slater Academy, now Winston-Salem State Univ.; president, 1892-1904, 1913-34. Religious and community leader. Lived one block west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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MODEL FARM
Established by Quakers 1867 to stem westward migration by promoting improved agricultural practices. Tract, sold in 1891, was 1/2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT GREENSBORO
Est. in 1891 as a normal school; became Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1932. Coeducational since 1963.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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O. HENRY
William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, short story writer, lived in a house which stood near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE, MARCH 19, 20, AND 21, 1865
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID II1)
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CORNWALLIS
Marching to Wilmington after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, stopped with his army in this town in April, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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