MOSES A. CURTIS
Botanist, authority on North American flora, author, and Episcopal minister. Home was two blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DUKE HOMESTEAD
Birthplace of J. B. and B. N. Duke, tobacco and hydroelectric magnates, philanthropists (Duke University, the Duke Endowment), is 1 mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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RICHARD HENDERSON
Founder of Transylvania Colony (Ky.) & Nashville (Tenn.), author Cumberland Compact (1780), judge, member N.C. Council of State. Grave 1 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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SOLOMON LEA
First president Greensboro College, 1846-47. Founder and master of the Somerville Female Institute, 1848-1892. Home stands 100 yds. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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TRYON'S CAMP
Before and after the Battle of Alamance, the Militia of Governor William Tryon camped nearby, along Alamance Creek, May 13-19, 1771.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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CASWELL COURTHOUSE
Erected about 1861. Murder of Sen. J. W. Stephens here in 1870 led to martial law and Kirk-Holden "War."Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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THOMAS M. HOLT
Governor, 1891-93; cotton mill owner. Sponsor of railroad development and state aid to education. Home stood 350 yards S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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HENRY JEROME STOCKARD
Poet, author of "Fugitive Lines" and other works; lifelong educator; president of Peace Institute, 1907-12. Home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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JAMES E. SHEPARD
Negro educational and religious leader. Founder of a college (1910), now N.C. Central University, its president to 1947. Grave is 1 1/2 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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NATH'L ROCHESTER 1752-1831
Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ALEXANDER WILSON
Teacher in Piedmont area from 1819 to 1867; operated own school in Alamance County, 1851-67. Home is 1 mile, grave is 3 1/2 miles northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ALEXANDER MEBANE
Brigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress. His home stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Founded 1910 by James E. Shepard for Negroes. State liberal arts college, 1925-1969. Now a regional university.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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ELON UNIVERSITY
Founded as Elon College by the Christian Church in 1889. Coeducational. Burned in 1923; rebuilt 1923-26.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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EDWIN G. READE
Member Congress, 1855-57; Confederate Senator; President State Convention, 1865; Justice N.C. Supreme Court, 1865-78. Birthplace was 2 mi. S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCO
In 1850s on a farm in this area Abisha Slade perfected a process for curing yellow tobacco. His slave Stephen discovered process in 1839.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Parish established in 1746. Present building, completed in 1773, stands 200 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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BINGHAM SCHOOL
First military school in North Carolina, was founded in 1826 by D. H. Bingham. Moved to Littleton in 1829. Stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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OXFORD FEMALE COLLEGE
Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880-1924. School closed 1925. Campus was 2 blocks S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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JAMES TURNER
Governor, 1802-1805, United States Senator, 1805-1816, and State legislator. Oakland, his home, stood 1 mile E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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