CORNWALLIS
Retreating after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, en route to Wilmington, passed near here with his army in April 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD
Longest railroad in the world when completed in 1840. Length 161 1/2 mi. Terminus was 4 blocks W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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OLD COURTHOUSE
Stood two blocks west. Here a stamp master, William Houston, was forced to resign, 1765, and safety committees met in 1775.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington was a guest Apr. 24-25, 1791, at the Quince home which stood 2 blocks W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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S. S. SATCHWELL
A founder of State Medical Society, 1849, head of Confederate Hospital at Wilson, 1st president State Board of Health, 1879. Home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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EDWARD B. DUDLEY 1789-1855
Governor, 1836-41, the first in N.C. elected by popular vote; first president of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. His home stands 2 blocks W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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SPANISH ATTACK
A Spanish expedition captured the town of Brunswick, 1748, during King George's War, but was soon driven away by the colonial militia.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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JOHN BURGWIN 1731-1803
Merchant, planter, and colonial official. Built this house, 1770-1771. His "Hermitage" estate was eight miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ARTHUR DOBBS
Royal Governor 1754-65, author, member Irish Parliament, promoter of search for Northwest Passage, is buried at Saint Philips Church.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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HINTON JAMES
First student to enter the University of North Carolina, 1795. Civil engineer and legislator. Grave 300 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FORT FISHER
Built by Confederacy. Its fall, Jan. 15, 1865, closed Wilmington, last important southern port for blockade running.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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MODERN GREECE
Blockade runner. Ran aground and sank 400 yds. E., June 1862. Its salvage 1962 led state to open an underwater archaeology office.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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PARKER ROBBINS 1834-1917
Civil War cavalryman. Among highest ranking North Carolinians in the United States Colored Troops. Legislator, 1868-70. Grave 1/2 mile west..Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
Black soldiers & white officers in Union army, 1863-1865. About 500 involved in Wilmington campaign buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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STEDE BONNET 1688-1718
Barbadian planter turned pirate made N.C. his base, 1718. Captured in naval battle few mi. E. Hanged in Charleston.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FORT JOHNSTON
Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the officers quarters remain.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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HURRICANE HAZEL
Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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TIMOTHY BLOODWORTH
U.S. Senator, 1795-1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790-91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788, 1789. Lived near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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DAVID WALKER ca. 1796-1830
His Appeal, influential 1829 pamphlet, denounced slavery. A free black, he grew up in Wilmington; moved to Boston by 1825.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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MISSILE TESTS
U.S. Navy successfully tested ramjet engines in rocket flights, 1946-48. Observation towers line Topsail Island; Assembly Building 2 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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