RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD
Chartered in 1835 and completed in 1840. Length 85 miles. Its southern terminus was 400 ft. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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EXPERIMENTAL RAILROAD
Est. 1833. Horses hauled granite for the Capitol over a railroad from a quarry 1 1/4 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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WALTER HINES PAGE 1855-1918
Journalist, editor, and publisher. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-1918. His birthplace stood 400 yards north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOEL LANE HOUSE
Built prior to 1770 and often site of political meetings. Decision to locate Raleigh on Lane's land made there, 1792. Stands 2 blocks south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CHARLES D. McIVER 1860-1906
Educator and first president of what is now UNC- Greensboro, 1891-1906. Boyhood home is 200 yds. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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RAMSEY'S MILL
Cornwallis, following the battle of Guilford Courthouse, spent several days building a bridge over Deep River, at point 300 yards N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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JAMES I. WADDELL
Commander of the famous Confederate cruiser, "Shenandoah," lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CHARLES MANLY
Governor, 1849-51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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TORY RAID
David Fanning and his Tories captured many Whig leaders here at old Chatham Courthouse, July, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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GRANVILLE GRANT
Formed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary was surveyed to a point just south of here in 1746.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN CHAVIS ca. 1762-1838
African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
After 1928 popularized Indy-style car racing. Site hosted the last NASCAR race on dirt track, 1970. Half-mile oval was 250 yds. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JOHN OWEN 1787-1841
Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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ANNA J. COOPER 1858-1964
Educator, orator, & early black feminist. Graduate, St. Augustine's. Author, A Voice from the South (1892). Grave 2 1/2 blks. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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G. B. CASHWELL 1862-1916
“Pentecostal Apostle of the South.” Inspired by Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles in 1906, he led revival ¼ mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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