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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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