Burke County
14 places on the trail: 14 highway markers.
People of Burke County in Carolina Quotes
Before 1585
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- N-21ANDRE MICHAUXFrench botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina. Spent nights of Sept. 8, 1794, and May 2, 1795, at...
- N-34BURKE COURTHOUSEBuilt of local cut stone, ca. 1835, by James Binnie. August terms of State Supreme Court held here, 1847-61. Raided by U...
- N-29RUTHERFORD COLLEGEEvolved from private school opened c. 1853 by R. L. Abernethy. Operated 1900-1933 by Methodist Church. Closed 1935. The ...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- N-17CAMP VANCETraining camp for state troops, 1861-64, named for Col. Zebulon Vance, war governor, was here. The camp was raided by fe...
- N-13STONEMAN'S RAIDOn their raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry skirmished with Confederates near here on Apri...
- N-8TOD R. CALDWELLGovernor, 1870-1874, during Reconstruction, member State Convention of 1865. His home stood here.
The New South, 1878-1929
- N-39BROUGHTON HOSPITALState facility for care of mentally ill; opened 1883. Named in 1959 for J. Melville Broughton, governor, 1941-1945.
- N-40N.C. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAFOpened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.
- N-2WALDENSESA religious body dating from the Middle Ages. The town of Valdese was founded by members of this group in 1893.