SHERMAN'S MARCH
Kilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's Army, marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Rockingham on March 7-8, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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LEONIDAS L. POLK 1837-1892
President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of NCSU and Meredith College. Was born here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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COX'S MILL
Headquarters, 1781-82, of David Fanning, Tory leader. Owner, Harmon Cox, led area Regulators. Mill was 1/2 mile south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WALTER HINES PAGE
Ambassador to Great Britain during World War, journalist, editor, publisher. Tomb one mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NORTH CAROLINA
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID JJ1)
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FRIEDENS CHURCH
Lutheran. Congregation organized before 1791; church shared with other denominations until the 1850s. This bldg., 1940.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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MORATOCK FURNACE
Smelting furnace built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843. It supplied iron to Confederacy, 1862-1865. Stands 3/10 mi. NE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOUR
President Washington spent night of May 31, 1791, at the tavern in Salem. 1/2 mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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CONE BROTHERS
Moses and Ceasar Cone pioneered marketing of textiles; manufactured denim & flannel. Their first mill, Proximity, 1895, was 1/4 mile N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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SPRINGFIELD FRIENDS MEETING
Established in 1773 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1790. Building erected 1927 on original site is 1/2 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN N.C.
First free school in the state, established under Common School Law of 1839, opened January 20, 1840, in this vicinity.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CHARLIE POOLE 1892-1931
Pioneer country music recording artist. With N.C. Ramblers, 1918-31, popularized old-time music. Grave 1/2 mi. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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EDWARD R. MURROW 1908-1965
Radio correspondent in London during World War Two. Television interviewer & commentator. Born one mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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LEAKSVILLE LANDING
Port for bateau trade on Dan River. Improved by Roanoke Navigation Company, 1820s. Ruins visible at low water. 200 yards west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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SLINK SHOAL SLUICE
Dan River improvements built 1820s by Roanoke Navigation Co. include sluice & wing dams 1/4 mi. E. Rebuilt, 1880s.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SHALLOW FORD
Colonial route across Yadkin River. Scene of Tory defeat by Whigs, 1780. Crossing used in 1781 by army of Lord Cornwallis. 600 yds. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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GUILFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Established in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BARNETT CANAL
Built near here by James Barnett in 1813. Later powered largest continuously operating textile complex in the northern piedmont.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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PALMER MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Preparatory school for blacks founded 1902 by Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Named for Alice Freeman Palmer. Closed in 1971. Now state historic site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ROBERT M. HANES 1890-1959
Banker. Economic adviser to post-World War II Europe. A founder of the Research Triangle Park. Home was 50 yds. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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