NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776. b/w SOUTH CAROLINA / Formed in...
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ELISHA BAXTER
Governor of Arkansas, 1873-74; Union colonel in Civil War; elected to U.S. Senate, 1864, but not seated. Birthplace stood 4 1/2 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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'MIRACLE OF HICKORY'
Outbreak of polio in June 1944 led to the founding of an emergency hospital 1/2 mile N.E. Closed, 1945.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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JAMES PINCKNEY HENDERSON 1808-1858
First governor of Texas, 1846-47; U.S. Senator; officer, Mexican War. His birthplace here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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CONNIE M. GUION 1882-1971
Pioneer female physician. Gained national reputation from work at Cornell medical clinic, 1922-1970. Born 2/10 mile N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BRITTAIN CHURCH
Presbyterian, organized 1768. Present building, the third, erected 1852, brick-veneered 1940.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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JOSHUA FORMAN
Founder of Syracuse, N.Y., early advocate of Erie Canal. Moved to N. Carolina, 1829. Land and mining speculator. Grave is 50 yds. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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THE BLOCK HOUSE
Early landmark, western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between N.C. and S.C. Stood 1/2 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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OAK GROVE
Built 1782. Home of James Johnston, officer in Revolution, member Provincial Congress, legislature, convention of 1788. Is 2 mi. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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GILBERT TOWN
Rutherford County seat, 1781-85, stood hereabout. Before Battle of Kings Mountain both armies camped nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CONFEDERATE LABORATORY
Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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U. D. C. MEMORIAL HALL
Building housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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WILLIAM CHRONICLE
Major in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed. His home stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
Baptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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STONEWALL JACKSON
Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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