LOUISBURG COLLEGE
Opened in 1857 on the site of the Franklin Academy, chartered 1787. Now a Methodist junior college, coeducational.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington was a visitor in the town of Halifax, on April 16-17, 1791.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington spent the night, April 18, 1791, in the town of Tarboro.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD
Longest railroad in the world when completed in 1840. Length 161 1/2 mi. Terminus was nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD
Chartered 1835, completed 1840. Gaston, its terminal town, now extinct, was 3 mi. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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SHOCCO SPRINGS
Famous health resort, social and recreational center, in nineteenth century. 4 1/2 miles southeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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ELIAS CARR
Governor, 1893-1897. First president of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance. Bracebridge Hall, his home, 1 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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NATHANIEL MACON
Congressman, 1791-1815. Speaker of U.S. House, 1801-1807. Later U.S. Senator. His home site and grave, 4 miles NW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BUTE COUNTY
Formed 1764. Named for the Earl of Bute. Divided, 1779, into Warren and Franklin counties. Courthouse stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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TOWN COMMON
Established in 1760 by the Legislative Act which created the colonial town of Tarboro.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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JETHRO SUMNER
Brigadier general in the Revolution. Commanded N.C. forces from 1781. A planter, he operated a tavern near herePlaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN BRANCH
Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator. Home was four blocks, grave is 1/2 mile, west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CORNWALLIS
On his way to Virginia, defeated the militia near here at Swift Creek and seven miles north at Fishing Creek, May 7, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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HORACE GREELEY 1811-1872
Journalist & politician was married in Emmanuel Church on July 5, 1836, to Mary Youngs Cheney.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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CORNWALLIS
Ending his campaign in North Carolina, he entered Virginia near here in May, 1781, and surrendered at Yorktown on October 17, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ELLA BAKER 1903-1986
Civil rights leader. She organized the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, April 1960, at Shaw University. Her childhood home ¼ mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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CORNWALLIS
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax, in May, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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THELONIOUS MONK 1917-1982
Jazz pianist, composer, and architect of bebop. Wrote “’Round Midnight” (1944). Born 1 mile S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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OPERATION DIXIE
Black leaf house workers in eastern N.C. unionized in 1946. First pro-union vote, at tobacco factory 1 block W., precursor to civil rights movement.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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ANNA EASTER BROWN 1879-1957
A founder in 1908 of Alpha Kappa Alpha, nation’s oldest sorority for African Americans; history teacher. Her grave is ¼ mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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