BOGGAN-HAMMOND HOUSE
Eighteenth-century house built by Patrick Boggan, Revolutionary soldier & a founder of Wadesboro. Now historical museum. Located 2 blocks south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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THOMAS SAMUEL ASHE
Associate Justice, State Supreme Court, 1878-1887; Member of Congress, 1873-1877; Member of Confederate Congress; legislator. Home is one mile west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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FLORA MACDONALD
Scottish heroine who lived in N.C., 1774-79. Loyalist in the Revolution. Her home stood on this creek a few miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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CAMERON MORRISON SCHOOL
State home and school for boys, opened 1925. Gives academic, vocational, and agricultural training. Three miles W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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TORY RENDEZVOUS
Before going to battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Feb., 1776, Tories of this area met in Cross Hill, at Alexander Morrison's home, 125 yards S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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JOHN W. THOMAS 1800-1871
Founder of Thomasville. As legislator led fight for N.C. Railroad; friend of education. His home, Cedar Lodge, was nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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SAMARCAND
State juvenile facility. Est. in 1918 to provide girls with educational and vocational training. Campus is 3 mi. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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EDMUND DEBERRY 1787-1859
Member of Congress & State Senator. Planter and promoter of mining & manufacturing. Home here, grave 4/5 mi. west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN H. MILLS
First head of Oxford Orphanage (1873-1884) and Thomasville Baptist Orphanage (Mills Home), president Oxford Female College. Grave 100 yds. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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JOHN COLTRANE 1926-1967
Jazz saxophonist and composer; influential stylist. Work spanned bebop to avant garde. Born one block S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JAMES BOYD 1888-1944
Author of Drums (1925), Marching On (1927), and other historical novels. Home, "Weymouth," now an arts center, 3/10 mi. E. Author of "Drums" and "Marching On" & other historical novels. His...
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TRINITY COLLEGE
Stood here. Union Institute, 1839; Normal College, 1851; Trinity, 1859; Duke University, 1924. Moved to Durham, 1892.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAROLINA FEMALE COLLEGE, 1850-67
Established by local planters, later operated by Methodist Church. Building was 150 yds. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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HENRY WILLIAM HARRINGTON
Brigadier general of militia, 1776-81, State senator, a commissioner to locate State capital. Grave is five miles S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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PLANK ROAD
This street is the route of the Fayetteville-to- Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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PLANK ROAD
This street is the route of the Fayetteville-to- Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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PLANK ROAD
The route of the old Fayetteville-to-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54, crosses the highway near this point.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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YADKIN COLLEGE
A Methodist Protestant institution. Opened in 1856, made co-educational in 1878, closed in 1924. Building stands 1 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w SOUTH CAROLINA / Formed in...
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NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w SOUTH CAROLINA / Formed in...
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