MARINE RESEARCH
The marine environment in this vicinity has long attracted researchers. In the 1880s Johns Hopkins University operated a laboratory at the Gibbs House on Front Street. The U.S. government...
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CHERRY POINT
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station activated 1941 as Cunningham Field for first USMC aviator A.A. Cunningham. MCAS Cherry Point since May 1942.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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USRC DILIGENCE
U.S. Revenue Cutter built in N.C., 1791. Ship was commissioned in 1792 by Revenue Marine (now U.S. Coast Guard), 1/4 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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RAINS BROTHERS
Brig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This was their boyhood home.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CAMP DAVIS
Army Coast Artillery Training Center, World War II. Named for Richmond P. Davis, native of Statesville.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JAMES CITY
Community founded here in 1863 as resettlement camp for freed slaves. Named for Horace James, Union Army chaplain.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAMP GLENN
National Guard camp, 1911-1918; later site of U.S. Navy base, and first U.S. Coast Guard air station, 1920-1921.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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HOOPHOLE CREEK
Union forces led by General John G. Parke landed here, March 29, 1862, during the Fort Macon campaign.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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NEW BERN ACADEMY
First school chartered in N.C. Assembly levied a tax for its support in 1766. Present building was completed in 1810.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CALEB BRADHAM 1867-1934
"Brad's Drink," which he created in pharmacy here, was marketed as Pepsi-Cola after 1898.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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WILLIAM GASTON 1778-1844
Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1833-44; lawmaker. An advocate for state's Catholics. Wrote state song, "The Old North State." Lived 1 block N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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VERRAZZANO
Florentine sailing under French flag. His voyage along the coast in 1524 marked the first recorded European contact with North Carolina.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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UNION ARTILLERY
Union artillery was placed in this area during the siege of Fort Macon, March 23-April 26, 1862.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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NEWPORT BARRACKS
Command post for Union defense system from New Bern to Morehead City, 1862-1865. Was 1/3 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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ATLANTIC HOTEL
A prominent resort hotel opened June 21, 1880, and visited by citizens from N.Y. to Ga. Burned April 15, 1933. Stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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FORT HANCOCK
Erected in 1778 by Le Chevalier de Cambray & Capt. de Cottineau to protect Cape Lookout Bay. Dismantled, 1780. Site four miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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'PROMETHEUS'
First steamboat made in N.C. Built in 1818 by Otway Burns, privateer in War of 1812. Shipyard located 350 feet S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GEORGE H. WHITE 1852-1918
Lawyer; member of N.C. legislature, 1881 & 1885. U.S. Congressman, 1897-1901. Born into slavery. Home stands 2 blocks N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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COL. JOHN STARKEY
Free school advocate, 1749; Southern District treasurer, 1750-1765; member of assembly for 25 years. Grave located at "The Bluff" 4 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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BATCHELDER'S CREEK
Site of Union outpost captured by Confederate Generals Hoke & Pickett on February 1, 1864. The earthworks are 300 yards North.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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