GEORGE PREDDY 1919-1944
World War II fighter pilot. N.C.'s leading ace. Killed in action. Home 1 block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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SPEEDWELL CHURCH
Presbyterian. Organized ca. 1759. James McCready first regular minister, 1793. Present building erected about 1844.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SIT-INS
Launched the national drive for integrated lunch counters, Feb. 1, 1960, in Woolworth store 2 blocks south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ALBION W. TOURGEE 1838-1905
Writer, judge, & Union army officer. Member, constitutional convention, 1868. Lived 2 blocks S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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LEWIS DAVID von SCHWEINITZ
Moravian administrator. Botanist and pioneer in American mycology. Discovered falls 3 mi. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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NEW GARDEN FRIENDS MEETING
Meeting for worship was begun in 1751; became a Monthly Meeting, 1754. Present bldg. is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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IMMANUEL COLLEGE
Lutheran. Founded 1903, and moved here in 1905; prepared black students for work in theology & education. Closed 1961.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GREENSBORO O.R.D.
World War II training camp and overseas replacement depot, 1943-1946. Over 330,000 servicemen were processed here. This is center of 652 acre site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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R. J. REYNOLDS 1850-1918
Founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. In 1875 built his first factory in Winston. Grave 1 block E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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NISSEN WAGON WORKS
Begun in 1834 by John Nissen. By 1919, fifty wagons a day were produced. Sold in 1925. Was located here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FRIES MANUFACTURING AND POWER CO.
First producer of hydroelectric power in North Carolina, April 20, 1898. Located 3 mi. S.W. at early ferry crossing.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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'LAND OF EDEN'
20,000-acre estate of William Byrd, Virginia planter, author, surveyor of Va.-N.C. line, 1728. S.W. corner here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GREAT WAGON ROAD
Frontier road from Pennsylvania to Georgia in 18th century. A major avenue for settlers of the N.C. backcountry. Passed near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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BEAN SHOALS CANAL
Attempted ca. 1820-25 by Hiram Jennings for Yadkin Navigation Co. Hamilton Fulton was consultant. Never completed. Ruins located 5 miles S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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LUTHER H. HODGES 1898-1974
Governor, 1954-1961; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1961-1965. A founder of Research Triangle Park. Home is 100 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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