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WAKE FOREST COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID H75)

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID H75)

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SHERMAN'S MARCH

Enroute from Goldsboro to Raleigh, Sherman's army camped 1 mile east and on April 12, 1865, celebrated the news of Lee's surrender.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

Enroute from Goldsboro to Raleigh, Sherman's army camped 1 mile east and on April 12, 1865, celebrated the news of Lee's surrender.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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ROCKY RIVER CHURCH

Baptist, organized about 1757. Used by Regulators for meetings after 1768. Stands 200 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....

Baptist, organized about 1757. Used by Regulators for meetings after 1768. Stands 200 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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ABRAHAM RENCHER

Congressman; Minister to Portugal; Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, 1857-1861; poet and essayist. Buried two blocks West.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

Congressman; Minister to Portugal; Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, 1857-1861; poet and essayist. Buried two blocks West.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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JOHN S. RAVENSCROFT

First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of N.C., 1823-1830. Active in the revival of the Church. Interred in church 50 yds. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of N.C., 1823-1830. Active in the revival of the Church. Interred in church 50 yds. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA

Successor to earlier group founded in 1799. Formed here in 1849. Dr. Edmund Strudwick was first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Successor to earlier group founded in 1799. Formed here in 1849. Dr. Edmund Strudwick was first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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DOROTHEA DIX HOSPITAL

Authorized 1849, largely through work of Dorothea L. Dix, crusader for better care of the mentally ill. 500 yards southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

Authorized 1849, largely through work of Dorothea L. Dix, crusader for better care of the mentally ill. 500 yards southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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WILLIAM BOYLAN

President of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad; president of the State Bank; publisher of the Raleigh "Minerva" 1803-1810. Home is 3 blks. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

President of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad; president of the State Bank; publisher of the Raleigh "Minerva" 1803-1810. Home is 3 blks. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Baptist; coeducational. Opened as Wake Forest College, 1834. Moved to Winston-Salem, 1956. University since 1967.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Baptist; coeducational. Opened as Wake Forest College, 1834. Moved to Winston-Salem, 1956. University since 1967.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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OAKWOOD CEMETERY

Governors Aycock, Bragg, Fowle, Holden, Swain, and Worth, other notables and Confederates buried there. 3 blocks E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Governors Aycock, Bragg, Fowle, Holden, Swain, and Worth, other notables and Confederates buried there. 3 blocks E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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CENTRAL PRISON

State prison site since 1869. Original buildings completed in 1884. First supt., W. J. Hicks. New facility finished 1983.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

State prison site since 1869. Original buildings completed in 1884. First supt., W. J. Hicks. New facility finished 1983.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY

Organized in 1856 in the Guion Hotel, which stood here. Dr. W. F. Bason, Haw River, first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....

Organized in 1856 in the Guion Hotel, which stood here. Dr. W. F. Bason, Haw River, first president.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....

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WILLIS SMITH

United States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn. Home is 100 yds. W., grave is two miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

United States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn. Home is 100 yds. W., grave is two miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

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EDWARD W. POU

Congressman, 1901-1934, Chairman House Rules Committee during parts of administrations of Wilson, F. D. Roosevelt. Grave is 200 yds. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Congressman, 1901-1934, Chairman House Rules Committee during parts of administrations of Wilson, F. D. Roosevelt. Grave is 200 yds. south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY

Baptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

Baptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

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UNION HEADQUARTERS

Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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ANDREW JOHNSON 1808-1875

President of the United States, 1865-69. Born near here in a kitchen now located 1 mile N.E. Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

President of the United States, 1865-69. Born near here in a kitchen now located 1 mile N.E. Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....

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JOSIAH W. BAILEY

United States Senator, 1931-1946. A Baptist leader and editor of "The Biblical Recorder." Home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

United States Senator, 1931-1946. A Baptist leader and editor of "The Biblical Recorder." Home was here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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MANGUM TERRACE

Early erosion-checking terrace, constructed by Priestley H. Mangum about 1885, widely copied in other parts of the U.S. Remains are 2 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Early erosion-checking terrace, constructed by Priestley H. Mangum about 1885, widely copied in other parts of the U.S. Remains are 2 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

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BARBECUE CHURCH

Presbyterian, founded in 1757 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the third, erected about 1895, is 200 yds. northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

Presbyterian, founded in 1757 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the third, erected about 1895, is 200 yds. northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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