N.C. FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Volunteer service group promoted suffrage, education, and other social, cultural causes. Founded 1902 one-half mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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MOUNT HECLA MILL
First steam-powered cotton mill in N.C. Operated ca. 1834-50 in large brick building that stood 2 blocks N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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N.C. MANUMISSION SOCIETY
Antislavery organization formed by Quakers in central N.C. First met at Centre, July 1816. Disbanded in 1834.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
Opened interior of N.C. The ground-breaking took place nearby, July 11, 1851. First president, John Motley Morehead.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SIMON G. ATKINS 1863-1934
Founded Slater Academy, now Winston-Salem State Univ.; president, 1892-1904, 1913-34. Religious and community leader. Lived one block west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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MODEL FARM
Established by Quakers 1867 to stem westward migration by promoting improved agricultural practices. Tract, sold in 1891, was 1/2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT GREENSBORO
Est. in 1891 as a normal school; became Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1932. Coeducational since 1963.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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O. HENRY
William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, short story writer, lived in a house which stood near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE, MARCH 19, 20, AND 21, 1865
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID II1)
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CORNWALLIS
Marching to Wilmington after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, stopped with his army in this town in April, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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OMAR IBN SAID ca. 1770-1863
Muslim slave & scholar. African-born, he penned autobiography in Arabic, 1831. Lived in Bladen County and worshipped with local Presbyterians.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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LEWIS LEARY 1835-1859
Free black abolitionist & conspirator in 1859 with John Brown in attack on U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Killed in assault. Lived in Fayetteville.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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HENRY BERRY LOWRIE
Indian. Champion of the poor. Declared outlaw, he eluded capture and disappeared in swamps, ca. 1872. House 3 mi. NW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DAVID M. WILLIAMS 1900-1975
"Carbine" Williams, designer of short stroke piston, which made possible M-1 carbine rifle, widely used in WWII. Lived 2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
Second national bank opened branch in 1818 in Fayetteville. Bank operated, 1820-35, in house one block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BURNT SWAMP ASSOCIATION
Baptist churches serving Lumbee and other tribes. Association was formed in 1881 at Burnt Swamp Church, then 2 1/2 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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JOHN ENGLAND 1786-1842
Bishop of Charleston. He organized Roman Catholics in N.C. at Fayetteville Convention, & consecrated St. Patrick Church, 1829. Present church 4/10 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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WHITE LAKE CCC CAMP
An installation of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Initiated modern park improvements. Est. here 1935; closed 1942.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAPE FEAR BAPTIST CHURCH
Constituted in 1756 as Particular Baptist. Stephen Hollingsworth, first minister. Present (1859) building 2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAPE FEAR BAPTIST CHURCH
Constituted in 1756 as Particular Baptist. Stephen Hollingsworth, first minister. Present (1859) building 2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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