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RAMSEY'S MILL

Cornwallis, following the battle of Guilford Courthouse, spent several days building a bridge over Deep River, at point 300 yards N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Cornwallis, following the battle of Guilford Courthouse, spent several days building a bridge over Deep River, at point 300 yards N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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JAMES I. WADDELL

Commander of the famous Confederate cruiser, "Shenandoah," lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Commander of the famous Confederate cruiser, "Shenandoah," lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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CHARLES MANLY

Governor, 1849-51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

Governor, 1849-51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

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TORY RAID

David Fanning and his Tories captured many Whig leaders here at old Chatham Courthouse, July, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....

David Fanning and his Tories captured many Whig leaders here at old Chatham Courthouse, July, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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GRANVILLE GRANT

Formed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary was surveyed to a point just south of here in 1746.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Formed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary was surveyed to a point just south of here in 1746.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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JOHN CHAVIS ca. 1762-1838

African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY

After 1928 popularized Indy-style car racing. Site hosted the last NASCAR race on dirt track, 1970. Half-mile oval was 250 yds. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

After 1928 popularized Indy-style car racing. Site hosted the last NASCAR race on dirt track, 1970. Half-mile oval was 250 yds. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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JOHN OWEN 1787-1841

Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...

Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...

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ANNA J. COOPER 1858-1964

Educator, orator, & early black feminist. Graduate, St. Augustine's. Author, A Voice from the South (1892). Grave 2 1/2 blks. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

Educator, orator, & early black feminist. Graduate, St. Augustine's. Author, A Voice from the South (1892). Grave 2 1/2 blks. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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G. B. CASHWELL 1862-1916

“Pentecostal Apostle of the South.” Inspired by Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles in 1906, he led revival ¼ mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

“Pentecostal Apostle of the South.” Inspired by Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles in 1906, he led revival ¼ mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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EXECUTIVE MANSION

Official residence, N.C. governors, it was completed 1891 on Burke Square using prison labor. Architects, A.G. Bauer & Samuel Sloan.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

Official residence, N.C. governors, it was completed 1891 on Burke Square using prison labor. Architects, A.G. Bauer & Samuel Sloan.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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EUGENICS BOARD

State action led to the sterilization by choice or coercion of over 7,600 people, 1933-1973. Met after 1939 one block E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

State action led to the sterilization by choice or coercion of over 7,600 people, 1933-1973. Met after 1939 one block E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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METHODIST ORPHANAGE

Est. by Methodist Church, 1899; served children in central & eastern N.C. Campus here until 1979.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....

Est. by Methodist Church, 1899; served children in central & eastern N.C. Campus here until 1979.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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ARTIFICIAL LIMBS

North Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees. Factory, which operated 1866-67, was 1/4 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

North Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees. Factory, which operated 1866-67, was 1/4 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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LEONARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

Nation's first four-year medical school. Trained 400 African American physicians. Operated here from 1882 to 1918.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Nation's first four-year medical school. Trained 400 African American physicians. Operated here from 1882 to 1918.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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FREEDMEN'S CONVENTION

Delegates resolved to seek equal rights for state's freed blacks. Met, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 1865, one block north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Delegates resolved to seek equal rights for state's freed blacks. Met, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 1865, one block north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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GEORGE MOSES HORTON

Slave poet. His The Hope of Liberty (1829) was first book by a black author in South. Lived on farm 2 mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Slave poet. His The Hope of Liberty (1829) was first book by a black author in South. Lived on farm 2 mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE

Civil rights organization, an outgrowth of sit-in movement, had origins in conference at Shaw University, Apr. 15-17, 1960.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

Civil rights organization, an outgrowth of sit-in movement, had origins in conference at Shaw University, Apr. 15-17, 1960.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

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NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION

Organized here, Feb. 10, 1899, in room then used by N.C. Supreme Court. Platt Walker of Charlotte, group's first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

Organized here, Feb. 10, 1899, in room then used by N.C. Supreme Court. Platt Walker of Charlotte, group's first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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C. C. CRITTENDEN 1902-1969

Historian, archivist, & editor. Promoted "History for all the people" as head of N.C.'s state historical agency, 1935-1968. Boyhood home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

Historian, archivist, & editor. Promoted "History for all the people" as head of N.C.'s state historical agency, 1935-1968. Boyhood home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...

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