Iredell County
17 places on the trail: 16 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- M-22CENTRE CHURCHPresbyterian, organized in 1765. Synod of the Carolinas formed there, 1788. Present building, erected 1854, is 1/2 mi. W...
- M-1FORT DOBBSBuilt in 1756 by colony. Was garrisoned by North Carolina Provincials during French & Indian War, until 1762. Site 1 mi....
- M-46FOURTH CREEK MEETING HOUSEPresbyterian church was established ca. 1750; moved here in 1756. Served beginning 1778 by Rev. James Hall.
- M-21GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of the colony of North Carolina. Its southern boundary was run to a point three miles east in the f...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- M-23CLIO'S NURSERYA school established about 1778 by the Rev. James Hall. Trained many prominent men. Closed about 1787. Was a few hundred...
- M-5TORRENCE'S TAVERNBritish cavalry led by Colonel Tarleton routed a force of American militia, Feb. 2, 1781, at Torrence's Tavern, which st...
- M-45WILLIAM SHARPE 1742-1818Member of Continental & provincial congresses; was first legislator to advocate U.N.C., 1784. Grave is 2 miles east.
The young state, 1790-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
The New South, 1878-1929
- M-36AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICEFirst N.C. cotton & corn demonstration supervised by a county agent held here on a farm of J. F. Eagle, 1907-1908.
- M-52BARIUM SPRINGS HOME FOR CHILDRENFormerly Presbyterian Orphans Home. Opened here in 1891 by Synod of N.C. Jethro Rumple was first chair, Board of Regents...
- M-19J. P. CALDWELLEditor of Statesville "Landmark" (1880-92), Charlotte "Observer" (1892-1909). His home was two blocks north.