Gaston County
15 places on the trail: 15 highway markers.
People of Gaston County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- O-20GOSHEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEstablished in 1764. Rev. Humphrey Hunter, the first minister, arrived in 1796. Moved to present site, 2 mi. NW, in 1956...
- O-18NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- O-29TRYON COUNTYFormed 1768, named for Governor William Tryon. Divided in 1779 into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. Courthouse stood he...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- O-47JOSEPH DICKSON 1745-1825Colonel in Revolution, later brigadier general, member of legislatures of N.C. and Tenn., and of U.S. Congress. His home...
- O-39OAK GROVEBuilt 1782. Home of James Johnston, officer in Revolution, member Provincial Congress, legislature, convention of 1788. ...
- O-42WILLIAM CHRONICLEMajor in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed. His hom...
The young state, 1790-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
The New South, 1878-1929
- O-50DALLASNamed for G.M. Dallas. First seat of Gaston County, 1846-1911; site of Gaston College, now extinct. Courthouse built 184...
- O-65DANIEL E. RHYNE 1852-1931Textile, furniture, and wagon manufacturer and banker. A benefactor of Lenoir Rhyne College. His grave is 100 yards E.
- O-81LORAY STRIKEA strike in 1929 at the Loray Mill, 200 yards S., left two dead and spurred opposition to labor unions statewide.
- O-76STUART W. CRAMER 1868-1940Engineer and inventor. Pioneered advances in textile mill air conditioning. Home 3 mi. SW.
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- O-78NORTH CAROLINA ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITALState institution for crippled children, 1921-1979. R. B. Babington was its first president; O. L. Miller, founding surg...
- O-56R. GREGG CHERRYGovernor of North Carolina, 1945-1949. State legislator. Promoted good roads and rural electrification. Grave is 3 miles...