KINGS MOUNTAIN BATTLEGROUND
Site of decisive British defeat on Oct. 7, 1780. National Military Park located 5 mi. southeast in South Carolina.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DALLAS
Named for G.M. Dallas. First seat of Gaston County, 1846-1911; site of Gaston College, now extinct. Courthouse built 1848 is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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CATAWBA COLLEGE
Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened 1/2 mi. N., 1851. Moved to Salisbury, 1925, & enlarged.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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'OLD BILL' WILLIAMS
Well-known guide and trapper. Helped survey Santa Fe Trail. Guided the ill-fated Fremont expedition of 1848. Was born near here in 1787.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CLAREMONT COLLEGE
Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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JOHN FULENWIDER
Founder of High Shoals Iron Works about 1795. One of first producers of pig iron by charcoal process. Revolutionary patriot. Buried 20 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Organized before 1797 by German settlers from Pennsylvania. Present building, erected 1950, stands 2 1/2 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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R. GREGG CHERRY
Governor of North Carolina, 1945-1949. State legislator. Promoted good roads and rural electrification. Grave is 3 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE
Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college. Founded, 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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MACHPELAH CEMETERY
Presbyterian, 1801. Graves include those of Alexander Brevard, Joseph & James Graham, and Robert Hall & Joseph Graham Morrison.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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GRAHAM'S FORT
Home of Col. William Graham. Site of Tory raid, 1780. Served as Revolutionary War fort. Site is 300 yds. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ANDREW LORETZ
Minister, 1786-1812, of German Reformed Church in the Carolinas. Home built in 1793. Located one- half mile south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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PETER FORNEY 1756-1834
Pioneer manufacturer of iron; Revolutionary War officer; Congressman, 1813-1815. Mt. Welcome, his home, was 3/4 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CHARLES H. MEBANE
Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor. Home 3 blocks E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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OLD ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Organized before 1771 as a union church by German settlers. Present building erected ca. 1820.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
Lutheran. Organized prior to 1798. J. G. Arends was first pastor. Building, the fourth on site, is 1/4 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DANIEL E. RHYNE 1852-1931
Textile, furniture, and wagon manufacturer and banker. A benefactor of Lenoir Rhyne College. His grave is 100 yards E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DANIELS CHURCH
Evangelical Lutheran. Organized in 1774. J. G. Arndt was first regular minister; Philip Henkel assistant. This building, 1888, is third on site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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WILLIAM A. HOKE 1851-1925
Chief justice 1 year & assoc. justice 20 yrs., N.C. Supreme Court. Superior court judge 13 yrs. Birthplace stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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M. L. McCORKLE 1817-1899
Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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