SAMUEL SPENCER
Jurist & Antifederalist leader. Member of court which in 1787 issued the first reported precedent for judicial review. His home stood 3 miles N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
President Davis, fleeing southward after Lee's surrender, with members of his cabinet spent the night of Apr. 16, 1865, in a pine grove nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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STONEMAN'S RAID
Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at the Yadkin River bridge, April 12, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
Kilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's army marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Wadesboro, March 3-5, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
As Sherman's army moved north from Georgia on its path of destruction, one part entered North Carolina near here, March 4-7, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
Kilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's Army, marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Rockingham on March 7-8, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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LEONIDAS L. POLK 1837-1892
President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of NCSU and Meredith College. Was born here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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COX'S MILL
Headquarters, 1781-82, of David Fanning, Tory leader. Owner, Harmon Cox, led area Regulators. Mill was 1/2 mile south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WALTER HINES PAGE
Ambassador to Great Britain during World War, journalist, editor, publisher. Tomb one mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NORTH CAROLINA
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID JJ1)
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FRIEDENS CHURCH
Lutheran. Congregation organized before 1791; church shared with other denominations until the 1850s. This bldg., 1940.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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MORATOCK FURNACE
Smelting furnace built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843. It supplied iron to Confederacy, 1862-1865. Stands 3/10 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington spent night of May 31, 1791, at the tavern in Salem. 1/2 mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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CONE BROTHERS
Moses and Ceasar Cone pioneered marketing of textiles; manufactured denim & flannel. Their first mill, Proximity, 1895, was 1/4 mile N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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SPRINGFIELD FRIENDS MEETING
Established in 1773 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1790. Building erected 1927 on original site is 1/2 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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