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CANE CREEK MEETING

First Monthly Meeting of Friends in central North Carolina, 1751. Present building is on the original site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

First Monthly Meeting of Friends in central North Carolina, 1751. Present building is on the original site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD

Governor, 1953-54, U.S. Senator, congressman; Democratic leader; and lawyer. Birthplace is 6 1/2 mi., grave 5 1/2 mi., N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

Governor, 1953-54, U.S. Senator, congressman; Democratic leader; and lawyer. Birthplace is 6 1/2 mi., grave 5 1/2 mi., N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

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BETHESDA CHURCH

Presbyterian, began as "Hart's Chapel," about 1765. Mother of many churches. The present building erected 1944, stands 3/4 mile south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Presbyterian, began as "Hart's Chapel," about 1765. Mother of many churches. The present building erected 1944, stands 3/4 mile south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

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HUGHES ACADEMY

Operated, 1845 to 1884. Founded by Samuel W. Hughes. Attended by Wm. T. Dortch, David I. Craig, Geo. T. and P. H. Winston. Site is 1 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Operated, 1845 to 1884. Founded by Samuel W. Hughes. Attended by Wm. T. Dortch, David I. Craig, Geo. T. and P. H. Winston. Site is 1 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

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MOUNT BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH

Non-denominational meeting house built ca. 1784 by Archer Harris. By 1808 Methodist. Home church to Washington Duke.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Non-denominational meeting house built ca. 1784 by Archer Harris. By 1808 Methodist. Home church to Washington Duke.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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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 their...

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...

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 Marker...

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,...

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...

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...

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 used...

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 used...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 their...

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...

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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