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CONFEDERATE LABORATORY

Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....

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U. D. C. MEMORIAL HALL

Building housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Building housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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WILLIAM CHRONICLE

Major in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed. His home stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Major in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed. His home stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

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GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY

Baptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Baptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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STONEWALL JACKSON

Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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J. G. ARENDS

Native German, pioneer teacher and minister, ordained 1775, first president of the N.C. Lutheran Synod, 1803. Grave a few yds. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

Native German, pioneer teacher and minister, ordained 1775, first president of the N.C. Lutheran Synod, 1803. Grave a few yds. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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LENOIR RHYNE

Coeducational, Lutheran college, named for W. W. Lenoir and D. E. Rhyne. Opened as Lenoir College in academic year, 1891-92.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

Coeducational, Lutheran college, named for W. W. Lenoir and D. E. Rhyne. Opened as Lenoir College in academic year, 1891-92.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

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JOSEPH DICKSON 1745-1825

Colonel in Revolution, later brigadier general, member of legislatures of N.C. and Tenn., and of U.S. Congress. His home stands 1/4 mile W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Colonel in Revolution, later brigadier general, member of legislatures of N.C. and Tenn., and of U.S. Congress. His home stands 1/4 mile W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

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CLYDE R. HOEY

United States Senator, 1945-54, congressman, governor, N.C. legislator, lawyer, editor. Home is 1 mi., grave 1.2 mi., N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

United States Senator, 1945-54, congressman, governor, N.C. legislator, lawyer, editor. Home is 1 mi., grave 1.2 mi., N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

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CATAWBA SPRINGS

Fashionable "watering place," a recreational and social center prior to 1861. The hotel stood five miles northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Fashionable "watering place," a recreational and social center prior to 1861. The hotel stood five miles northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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KINGS MOUNTAIN BATTLEGROUND

Site of decisive British defeat on Oct. 7, 1780. National Military Park located 5 mi. southeast in South Carolina.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Site of decisive British defeat on Oct. 7, 1780. National Military Park located 5 mi. southeast in South Carolina.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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DALLAS

Named for G.M. Dallas. First seat of Gaston County, 1846-1911; site of Gaston College, now extinct. Courthouse built 1848 is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

Named for G.M. Dallas. First seat of Gaston County, 1846-1911; site of Gaston College, now extinct. Courthouse built 1848 is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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CATAWBA COLLEGE

Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened 1/2 mi. N., 1851. Moved to Salisbury, 1925, & enlarged.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened 1/2 mi. N., 1851. Moved to Salisbury, 1925, & enlarged.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

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'OLD BILL' WILLIAMS

Well-known guide and trapper. Helped survey Santa Fe Trail. Guided the ill-fated Fremont expedition of 1848. Was born near here in 1787.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Well-known guide and trapper. Helped survey Santa Fe Trail. Guided the ill-fated Fremont expedition of 1848. Was born near here in 1787.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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CLAREMONT COLLEGE

Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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JOHN FULENWIDER

Founder of High Shoals Iron Works about 1795. One of first producers of pig iron by charcoal process. Revolutionary patriot. Buried 20 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Founder of High Shoals Iron Works about 1795. One of first producers of pig iron by charcoal process. Revolutionary patriot. Buried 20 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Organized before 1797 by German settlers from Pennsylvania. Present building, erected 1950, stands 2 1/2 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Organized before 1797 by German settlers from Pennsylvania. Present building, erected 1950, stands 2 1/2 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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R. GREGG CHERRY

Governor of North Carolina, 1945-1949. State legislator. Promoted good roads and rural electrification. Grave is 3 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

Governor of North Carolina, 1945-1949. State legislator. Promoted good roads and rural electrification. Grave is 3 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE

Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college. Founded, 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college. Founded, 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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MACHPELAH CEMETERY

Presbyterian, 1801. Graves include those of Alexander Brevard, Joseph & James Graham, and Robert Hall & Joseph Graham Morrison.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

Presbyterian, 1801. Graves include those of Alexander Brevard, Joseph & James Graham, and Robert Hall & Joseph Graham Morrison.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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