Lee County
7 places on the trail: 7 highway markers.
The young state, 1790-1860
- H-51BUFFALO CHURCHPresbyterian. Founded in 1797 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the fourth, erected 1880, stands on original si...
- H-44PLANK ROADThe Cameron-to-Gulf branch (built in 1853) of the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road passed near this spot.
- K-25PLANK ROADThe route of the old Fayetteville-to-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54, crosses the highway ne...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
The New South, 1878-1929
- H-43A. A. F. SEAWELL 1864-1950Justice of State Supreme Court, 1938-1950; state legislator and attorney general. Home is here.
- H-19CHARLES D. McIVER 1860-1906Educator and first president of what is now UNC-Greensboro, 1891-1906. Boyhood home is 200 yds. W.
- H-41EGYPT COAL MINEOperated at intervals, 1856-1929. Aided the Confederate war effort. Site of explosions, 1895 & 1900. Shaft 2 mi. N.