CHOWAN UNIVERSITY
Opened 1848 as Chowan Baptist Female Institute. Became four-year college, 1992. A university since 2006. Two blocks south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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JOHN H. WHEELER
Historian, legislator, superintendent U.S. Mint at Charlotte, state treasurer, minister to Nicaragua, born 1806 in brick house 300 yds. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
Owned a tract of land nearby. He surveyed and formed a company to drain a part of the Dismal Swamp, 1763.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DIVIDING LINE
In 1728 the Virginia-Carolina boundary was first surveyed from the Atlantic coast to a spot two hundred twenty miles west of here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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DIVIDING LINE
Commissioners drove the first stake for the Virginia-Carolina boundary, Mar. 18, 1728, three miles N.E., across Currituck Sound.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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FIRST SCHOOL
Charles Griffin taught in this county the first known school in N.C. 1705-08.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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BATTLE OF NEW BERN
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID CC2)
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FIRST POST ROAD
The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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DISMAL SWAMP CANAL
Connects Albemarle Sound with Chesapeake Bay. Begun 1790; in use by War of 1812.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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SALMON CREEK AND EDEN HOUSE: SEEDBED OF THE COLONY
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID A10)
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CHOWAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Oldest courthouse in use in North Carolina. Built about 1767. Whig centre in Revolution. Stands 3 blocks S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Parish formed in 1701, present structure begun in 1736, succeeding two earlier wooden buildings. Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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They Have Been Joined to the Sea and the Sky
IN MEMORY OF THE 229 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDRENABOARD SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111 WHO PERISHED OFF THESE SHORES SEPTEMBER 2, 1998 THEY HAVE BEEN JOINED TO THE SEA AND THE SKY MAY THEY REST IN PEACE...
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Growing Rice in the Low Country
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House Servants Quarters
House Servants Quarters The duplex design of this pre-Civil War structure was typical of slave quarters in the plantation days. Identical quarters were duplicated on either side of a...
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Who By Her Patriotic and Untiring Efforts Secured
IN MEMORY OFLEE COHEN HARBY 1849 - 1918 WHO BY HER PATRIOTIC AND UNTIRING EFFORTS SECURED THIS BUILDING FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A GIFT FROM THE UNITED...
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A Vivid Reminder of Claims of France and Spain
SAINTE GENEVIEVE Oldest permanent settlement in Missouri founded ca. 1735 by Illinois French as river depot for lead and salt. Moved 3 miles to present site after 1785 flood. Named...
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LNER Streamline Wedgewood
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Was Declined and the Decision in Favour
Submitted by @ScootBenet.
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Stillwater Last Man's Club
Stillwater "A" and "D" Last Mans Club of the 135th Infantry, Minnesota National Guard. 1941-1945. "Bound in Comradeship" submitted by @s_despiegelaere
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