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EDWARD B. DUDLEY 1789-1855

Governor, 1836-41, the first in N.C. elected by popular vote; first president of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. His home stands 2 blocks W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Governor, 1836-41, the first in N.C. elected by popular vote; first president of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. His home stands 2 blocks W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

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SPANISH ATTACK

A Spanish expedition captured the town of Brunswick, 1748, during King George's War, but was soon driven away by the colonial militia.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

A Spanish expedition captured the town of Brunswick, 1748, during King George's War, but was soon driven away by the colonial militia.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

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JOHN BURGWIN 1731-1803

Merchant, planter, and colonial official. Built this house, 1770-1771. His "Hermitage" estate was eight miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Merchant, planter, and colonial official. Built this house, 1770-1771. His "Hermitage" estate was eight miles north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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ARTHUR DOBBS

Royal Governor 1754-65, author, member Irish Parliament, promoter of search for Northwest Passage, is buried at Saint Philips Church.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Royal Governor 1754-65, author, member Irish Parliament, promoter of search for Northwest Passage, is buried at Saint Philips Church.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

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HINTON JAMES

First student to enter the University of North Carolina, 1795. Civil engineer and legislator. Grave 300 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

First student to enter the University of North Carolina, 1795. Civil engineer and legislator. Grave 300 yards east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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FORT FISHER

Built by Confederacy. Its fall, Jan. 15, 1865, closed Wilmington, last important southern port for blockade running.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Built by Confederacy. Its fall, Jan. 15, 1865, closed Wilmington, last important southern port for blockade running.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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MODERN GREECE

Blockade runner. Ran aground and sank 400 yds. E., June 1862. Its salvage 1962 led state to open an underwater archaeology office.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

Blockade runner. Ran aground and sank 400 yds. E., June 1862. Its salvage 1962 led state to open an underwater archaeology office.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...

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PARKER ROBBINS 1834-1917

Civil War cavalryman. Among highest ranking North Carolinians in the United States Colored Troops. Legislator, 1868-70. Grave 1/2 mile west..Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Civil War cavalryman. Among highest ranking North Carolinians in the United States Colored Troops. Legislator, 1868-70. Grave 1/2 mile west..Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

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UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS

Black soldiers & white officers in Union army, 1863-1865. About 500 involved in Wilmington campaign buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

Black soldiers & white officers in Union army, 1863-1865. About 500 involved in Wilmington campaign buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...

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STEDE BONNET 1688-1718

Barbadian planter turned pirate made N.C. his base, 1718. Captured in naval battle few mi. E. Hanged in Charleston.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Barbadian planter turned pirate made N.C. his base, 1718. Captured in naval battle few mi. E. Hanged in Charleston.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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FORT JOHNSTON

Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the officers quarters remain.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the officers quarters remain.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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HURRICANE HAZEL

Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

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TIMOTHY BLOODWORTH

U.S. Senator, 1795-1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790-91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788, 1789. Lived near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

U.S. Senator, 1795-1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790-91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788, 1789. Lived near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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DAVID WALKER ca. 1796-1830

His Appeal, influential 1829 pamphlet, denounced slavery. A free black, he grew up in Wilmington; moved to Boston by 1825.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

His Appeal, influential 1829 pamphlet, denounced slavery. A free black, he grew up in Wilmington; moved to Boston by 1825.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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MISSILE TESTS

U.S. Navy successfully tested ramjet engines in rocket flights, 1946-48. Observation towers line Topsail Island; Assembly Building 2 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

U.S. Navy successfully tested ramjet engines in rocket flights, 1946-48. Observation towers line Topsail Island; Assembly Building 2 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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ALEX MANLY 1866-1944

Edited black-owned Daily Record four blocks east. Mob burned his office, Nov. 10, 1898, leading to "race riot" & restrictions on black voting in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...

Edited black-owned Daily Record four blocks east. Mob burned his office, Nov. 10, 1898, leading to "race riot" & restrictions on black voting in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...

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W. H. C. WHITING 1824-1865

Confederate major general and engineer. He devised the Cape Fear defense system. Wounded nearby in fall of fort. Died in Union hospital.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Confederate major general and engineer. He devised the Cape Fear defense system. Wounded nearby in fall of fort. Died in Union hospital.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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FALL OF WILMINGTON

Union assault on Hoke's entrenched Confederates led to the city's fall, February 22, 1865. Earthworks were nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

Union assault on Hoke's entrenched Confederates led to the city's fall, February 22, 1865. Earthworks were nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...

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TOPSAIL BATTERY

Confederate breastworks were constructed in this vicinity in 1862 to protect Wilmington from an attack from the north and for coastal defense.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Confederate breastworks were constructed in this vicinity in 1862 to protect Wilmington from an attack from the north and for coastal defense.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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CORNELIUS HARNETT 1723-1781

Revolutionary statesman. Prominent in resistance to British rule and the creation of independent N.C. Home was 1/4 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

Revolutionary statesman. Prominent in resistance to British rule and the creation of independent N.C. Home was 1/4 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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