NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR
Agricultural fair. Was first held in 1853 and moved to this location, its third, in 1928.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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WILLIAM W. HOLDEN 1818-1892
Editor. Appointed provisional governor, 1865. Elected governor, 1868; impeached and removed, 1871. Home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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R. STANHOPE PULLEN 1822-1895
Businessman. Benefactor of NCSU, UNC-G, and Peace College. Gifts included land for Pullen Park. Birthplace here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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EDWARD A. JOHNSON 1860-1944
Politician, businessman, philanthropist, author, and educator. First black to publish a N.C. textbook. Home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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PEACE COLLEGE
Founded by Presbyterian elder Wm. Peace 1857 as school for women; opened 1872. Main building used as Confederate hospital & by Freedmen's Bureau.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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N.C. PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
Organized in 1880 at a meeting held in the Senate Chamber. E. M. Nadal of Wilson was the first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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HENRY A. LONDON 1846-1918
Lawyer, state senator. Author of 1901 "London Libel Law." Editor of Chatham Record, 1878-1918. Home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JAMES H. YOUNG 1860-1921
Colonel of black N.C. regiment in war with Spain; edited Raleigh Gazette; legislator. Home was 25 ft. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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JAMES H. HARRIS 1832-1891
Black legislator & orator; member 1868 convention; a founder of Republican Party & Union League in N.C. Home was 1 block W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIBRARY
Established 1812 under Wm. Hill, Sec. of State; James F. Taylor first state librarian, 1843. Moved here in 1968.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ROCKY RIVER FRIENDS MEETING
Established under care of Cane Creek Meeting, 1753; a Monthly Meeting since 1908. Fourth building was constructed in 1926.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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FLORA MacDONALD
Scottish heroine, spent the winter of 1774-1775 at Mount Pleasant, the home of her half-sister, Annabella MacDonald, which stood 400 yds. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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N.C. DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Organized as the N.C. Historical Commission in 1903; R. D. W. Connor, first secretary. Moved to this building, 1968.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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W. N. H. SMITH
N.C. Chief Justice, 1878-1889; state legislator; U.S. & Confederate Congressman. Home was one blk. W.; grave 3/4 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ALEXANDER B. ANDREWS 1841-1915
Railroad builder and financier. Vice-president, Southern Railroad; superintendent, North Carolina Railroad. Home is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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