Pitt County
15 places on the trail: 14 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
People of Pitt County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- F-23BLOUNT HALLBuilt before 1762 by Jacob Blount, member of Assembly, 1754-1762, 1764-1771, and of Provincial Congress, 1775-1776. Stoo...
- F-36CATECHNAFortified Indian town & site of the Tuscarora conspiracy of Sept., 1711. Capitulated, 1712, after a 10-day siege by Col....
- F-3JOHN LAWSONAuthor of "History of Carolina," explorer, and Surveyor-General, was executed Sept. 20, 1711, by Tuscarora Indians at Ca...
The young state, 1790-1860
- F-46BAPTIST STATE CONVENTIONOn March 26, 1830, the North Carolina Baptist State Convention was organized at the Gorham home which was near here.
- F-16PLANK ROADThe eastern terminus of the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road, chartered in 1850 and completed to Wilson by 1853, was ne...
- F-10WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night, Apr. 19, 1791, at Shadrack Allen's Inn, which was 7 mi. E.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
The New South, 1878-1929
- F-45EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYEstablished in 1907 as state-supported normal school. A four-year college since 1920. A university since 1967.
- F-58FORMER COLLEGESTwo church-affiliated schools were once located in Ayden. Carolina Christian College, founded by Disciples of Christ and...
- F-57SALLIE S. COTTEN 1846-1929Writer and advocate of women's rights. Helped organize N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1902. Lived one mile south.
- F-19THOMAS J. JARVISGovernor, 1879-1885; Minister to Brazil; United States Senator. Home is 3 blocks S. Grave is 1 block W.
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- F-49GEN. ALLEN HAL TURNAGE 1891-1971Led U.S. Marine Corps Third Division assaults on Bougainville & Guam, 1943-44. Received Navy Cross. Born 1 block S.E.
- F-60ROBERT LEE HUMBER 1898-1970Led effort in 1947 to establish N.C. Museum of Art; attorney & legislator; advocate of world federation. Lived here.
- F-67VOICE OF AMERICACold War broadcasts relayed from Greenville to Europe, Africa, and Latin America, 1963-89, via station 2 mi. S.W.