JAMES HOGG 1729-1804
Merchant. Left native Scotland, 1774. Partner in Transylvania Company; UNC trustee. Home 1/2 mi. E.; grave 2 blks. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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MARY L. WYCHE 1858-1936
A pioneer in field of organized nursing. In 1902 she founded the N.C. Nurses' Association. Home was 7/10 mile W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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NUTBUSH ADDRESS
Document issued June 6, 1765, protesting abuses by local officials. Later spurred the Regulator movement. Author, George Sims, lived nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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CAMP BUTNER
World War II infantry training camp; housed Axis prisoners of war. Named for N.C. native, Gen. Henry W. Butner.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ARCHIBALD DEBOW MURPHEY ca. 1777-1832
Advocate of improved schools, roads, canals. Jurist, teacher, legislator. Born 7/10 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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J. G. de ROULHAC HAMILTON
Historian, professor, & founder of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Born 1/2 block W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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JOHN SPRUNT HILL 1869-1961
Banker and attorney. Leader in credit union movement. Benefactor, UNC Library. Lived here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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JULIAN S. CARR 1845-1924
Industrialist & civic leader. Benefactor of Trinity College. Headed United Confederate Veterans. Grave 1/4 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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HARRIET M. BERRY 1877-1940
Champion of good roads. Her intensive lobbying led to 1921 law creating modern state highway system. Born 8 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FRANCIS NASH
Patriot general in American Revolution, was mortally wounded at Germantown, 1777. His home is 150 yds. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN PENN 1740-1788
One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence. His home stood three miles northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BATTLE OF WYSE FORK, MARCH 8-10, 1865
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID FF1)
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WAYNESBOROUGH
First seat of Wayne County, incorporated 1787. The town died after the county seat was moved to Goldsboro in 1850. Site is here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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E. E. SMITH 1852-1933
President for over 40 years of State Colored Normal School (Fayetteville State University). U.S. minister to Liberia, 1888-90. Born 2 1/2 mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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NUCLEAR MISHAP
B-52 transporting two nuclear bombs crashed, Jan. 1961. Widespread disaster averted; three crewmen died 3 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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