NATHANIEL ALEXANDER
Governor, 1805-07. Was a surgeon in Revolutionary War; later Congressman. Birthplace was 3 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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OLD STONE HOUSE
Home of Michael Braun. Built 1766; restored 1966 by Rowan Museum, Inc. Family burial ground 100 yards South.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JAMES K. POLK 1795-1849
U.S. President, 1845-49. Born nearby in house no longer standing. Land & reconstructed buildings now State Historic Site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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ROCKY RIVER CHURCH
Presbyterian. Founded in early 1750s. Hugh McAden preached here 1755. First regular pastor, Alexander Craighead, 1758. Present church constructed 1860.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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SAMUEL SUTHER
Early minister of German Reformed Church in N.C., 1768-1782. Preached at Coldwater Union Church which stood 500 yards N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE
Presbyterian. Organized 1857 as Charlotte Female Institute. Campus moved to this location in 1915. Coeducational since 1987.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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'MILL HILL'
Early example of Greek Revival architecture in South. Built, circa 1821, by Jacob Stirewalt. House stands one mile southeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY
Methodist. Founded as Oberlin Home & School near Lenoir, 1885. Moved here, 1910. Renamed for Pfeiffer family, 1935.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
Lutheran. Began ca. 1745 as Dutch Buffalo Creek Church. Adolph Nussman was first regular pastor, 1773. Building erected 1845. 300 yards north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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OLD ENGLISH CEMETERY
Cornwallis' men buried here in 1781. Granted to city in 1770 by British government. Grave of Gov. John W. Ellis is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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WINGATE UNIVERSITY
Baptist. Est. as Wingate School in 1896; a junior college, 1923; became a senior college in 1977. University since 1995. Campus one block north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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JAMES P. COOK
Led founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FIGHT AT COLSON'S
Colonel William Lee Davidson's Whig militia defeated Colonel Samuel Bryan's Tories, in July, 1780, a few miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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T. WALTER BICKETT
Governor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary. N.C. Attorney General, state legislator. Birthplace was 50 ft. north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CONFEDERATE NAVY YARD
Established here 1862 following its removal from Portsmouth, Va. Produced ordnance for the Confederate Navy.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GRACE OR LOWER STONE CHURCH
Evangelical and Reformed. Organized by early German settlers. Building erected 1795 is 2 1/2 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JAMES W. CANNON 1852-1921
Textile pioneer; founder of Cannon Mills, 1887, and Kannapolis, 1906; leading manufacturer of towels. Grave 2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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D. A. TOMPKINS 1851-1914
Crusader for southern industrial development, manufacturer, engineer, author, and publisher. Grave is 1/2 mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ORGAN OR ZION CHURCH
Lutheran. Organized by early German settlers. The building erected in 1794 is 1 1/2 mi. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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DAVID F. HOUSTON
Secretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 yards north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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