ALAMANCE CHURCH
Presbyterian, organized about 1764. Synod of North Carolina formed here, 1813. The present building erected 1955.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
Established for Negroes as Slater Industrial Academy, 1892. State supported since 1895; University since 1969.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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CONFEDERATE HOSPITAL
Set up in the First Presbyterian Church to receive wounded from Battle of Bentonville, 1865, was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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GUILFORD COURTHOUSE
Armies of Greene and Cornwallis engaged in pivotal battle here on March 15, 1781. Site now U.S. military park.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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N.C. A. AND T. UNIVERSITY
Chartered in 1891 as a land grant college for blacks. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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NORTH CAROLINA- VIRGINIA
Ku Klux Klan members and American Nazis, on Nov. 3, 1979, shot and killed five Communist Workers Party members one-tenth mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JOSEPH G. CANNON
Member of Congress for 46 years from Illinois, Speaker of the House, 1903-11. His birthplace stood 1 1/2 miles southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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WRIGHT TAVERN
Built in 1816. Rare example of dog-run building. Operated by Wrights and Reids. Birthplace and home of Congressman J. W. Reid.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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'LAND OF EDEN'
Near here ran southern line of estate of Wm. Byrd, Virginia planter, author, and surveyor of Va.-N.C. boundary line, 1728.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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PLANK ROAD
A section of the Fayetteville-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-1854, followed this route.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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PLANK ROAD
The western terminus of the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, 129 miles in length, longest in North Carolina, built 1849-1854, was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CONFEDERATE CABINET
Members of the cabinet, fleeing south, occupied a railroad car near this spot, Apr. 11-15, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
The President of the Confederacy held two meetings of his cabinet, April 12-13, 1865, at the home of J. T. Wood, which was a few yards N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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STONEMAN'S RAID
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with southern troops at Shallow Ford, April 11, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS
Presidential nominee, 1860, United States Senator from Illinois, was married to Martha Martin, 1847, in house standing 2 miles N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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THOMAS SETTLE, JR. 1831-1888
Justice N.C. Supreme Court, served in N.C. House & Senate, Confederate captain, minister to Peru. Home is 2 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DAVID CALDWELL 1725-1824
Educator, minister, & orator for Patriot cause. His "Log College," a classical academy, stood 2 1/2 miles northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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STONEMAN'S RAID
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Danbury, April 9, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BEARD'S HAT SHOP
William Beard made & sold hats at his well-known shop, established before 1795 and later operated by his son David. Site 1 1/3 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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TROUBLESOME IRON WORKS
Used in the Revolution. Greene's Army camped there after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 1781. Washington visited, 1791. Site is 1 1/2 mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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