DAVENPORT COLLEGE
For women; chartered 1859 by Methodist Episcopal Church, South; merged with Greensboro College, 1933. Two bldgs. stand 100 ft. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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QUAKER MEADOWS
Rendezvous for "Over-Mountain Men" prior to Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780. Home to Joseph & Charles McDowell, military & political leaders.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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WAIGHTSTILL AVERY
First attorney general of North Carolina, 1777-79, member provincial congresses, colonel in Revolution. "Swan Ponds," his home, was 3 mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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YANCEY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
A Baptist preparatory school, 1901-1926. Two of the buildings later used by public schools. 1/2 mile northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CATHEY'S FORT
A rendezvous for the North Carolina militia led by General Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee in 1776, was one mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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COLLETT LEVENTHORPE
Confederate general, physician, author. Born in England, settled in North Carolina about 1847. Grave is 150 yds. north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ELLIOTT DAINGERFIELD 1859-1932
Artist, teacher, author. His paintings hang in the National Gallery, Metropolitan Museum, and other galleries. His home is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Est. 1899 as Watauga Academy by B.B. and D.D. Dougherty. A campus of The University of North Carolina since 1972.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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ASA GRAY
American botanist and Harvard professor. In July, 1841, investigated flora of this region. He visited Roan Mountain, 12 miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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WALDENSES
A religious body dating from the Middle Ages. The town of Valdese was founded by members of this group in 1893.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ANDRE MICHAUX
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Grandfather Mountain, August, 1794.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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ANDRE MICHAUX
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina. Spent nights of Sept. 8, 1794, and May 2, 1795, at "Swan Ponds," 3 mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ANDRE MICHAUX
French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, visited Roan Mountain, 12 miles north, August 16, 1794, and May 6, 1795.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ASA GRAY
American botanist and Harvard professor. In July, 1841, investigated flora of this region. He visited Grandfather Mountain.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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CAMP VANCE
Training camp for state troops, 1861-64, named for Col. Zebulon Vance, war governor, was here. The camp was raided by federal troops in 1864.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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