Catawba County
15 places on the trail: 15 highway markers.
People of Catawba County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
The young state, 1790-1860
- O-51CATAWBA COLLEGECoeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened 1/2 mi. N., 1851. Moved to Salisbury,...
- O-55GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHOrganized before 1797 by German settlers from Pennsylvania. Present building, erected 1950, stands 2 1/2 miles south.
- O-23HOKE SMITHSecretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then lo...
- O-68M. L. McCORKLE 1817-1899Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.
- O-64ST. JOHN'S CHURCHLutheran. Organized prior to 1798. J. G. Arends was first pastor. Building, the fourth on site, is 1/4 mile east.
The New South, 1878-1929
- OO-2BUNKER HILL COVERED BRIDGEOne of the last surviving covered bridges in North Carolina, built in 1894, stands 500 yards north on Lyles Creek.
- O-62CHARLES H. MEBANESuperintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor. Home 3 blocks ...
- O-53CLAREMONT COLLEGEFounded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.
- O-70CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1881-1935Lutheran. A precursor of Lenoir-Rhyne College; burned, 1935. Church now on site 1 block south.
- O-46LENOIR RHYNECoeducational, Lutheran college, named for W. W. Lenoir and D. E. Rhyne. Opened as Lenoir College in academic year, 1891...
- O-80PIEDMONT WAGON COMPANYManufacturer of horse-drawn wooden wagons. At peak capacity produced 1000 per month. Operated from 1880 to 1940s 1/10 mi...