PLANK ROAD
The western terminus of the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road, chartered in 1850 and completed to Wilson by 1853, was nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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RAM NEUSE
Confederate ironclad, built at Whitehall and floated down the Neuse. Grounded and burned by Confederates in 1865. Remains one block N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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WILLIAM HOUSTON
Stamp master of North Carolina, 1765, resigned during demonstration in Wilmington against the Stamp Act; a physician at Sarecta, four mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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TOWER HILL
Plantation of Gov. Dobbs, selected as the colonial capital & named George City by act of assembly, 1758. Act was never executed. 1 1/2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
Built by the State, 1851-56, from Goldsboro to Charlotte. Eastern terminus a few yards N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington spent the night, Apr. 19, 1791, at Shadrack Allen's Inn, which was 7 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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CHARLES B. AYCOCK
Governor, 1901-1905. Crusader for public education. Birthplace stands 2/3 mi. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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RAM ALBEMARLE
The Confederate ironclad Albemarle was outfitted in Halifax with machinery and guns before sailing down river into action, 1864.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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JOHN H. EATON 1790-1856
Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson; U.S. Senator from Tenn.; Fla. governor; U.S. minister to Spain. Born here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION
The first constitution of the independent state was adopted in Halifax on December 18, 1776.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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FREEDOM HILL
Community established here by freed blacks in 1865. Incorporated as Princeville in 1885.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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JOSEPH BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR.
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of N.C., 1893-1932; lawyer & writer. Birthplace is one block W.; grave 100 yards S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN SPENCER BASSETT
Historian. Professor at Trinity College, 1894-1906. Secretary, Amer. Historical Association, 1919-1928. Born here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CALEDONIA
State prison farm since 1892. Antebellum plantation owned by Johnston family. Name predates 1713. Two miles N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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JOHN HALL 1767-1833
One of three original justices of the N.C. Supreme Court, 1819-1832. Grave 1 block S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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SIDNEY WELLER 1791-1854
Agricultural reformer & nurseryman. Introduced "American System" of grape culture. His Medoc Vineyard was 1 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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HENRY K. BURGWYN
"Boy" Colonel 26th N.C. Regt. Killed at age 21 at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Home stood 4 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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BRICK SCHOOL
Est. for blacks in 1895 through philanthropy of Mrs. Joseph K. Brick; became junior college in 1926. Closed, 1933. Buildings stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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WILLIE JONES
Key Anti-Federalist and an advocate for states’ rights in Revolutionary era N.C. His home, “The Grove,” was 2/10 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FALLS OF THE TAR CHURCH
Constituted as Particular Baptist, 1757; Rev. John Moore & Joshua Lawrence among early ministers. Now Primitive Baptist.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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