Robeson County
18 places on the trail: 18 highway markers.
People of Robeson County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
The New South, 1878-1929
- I-39ANGUS W. McLEANGovernor, 1925-1929, Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1920-1921. Home is 1 mile south, grave 100 yards...
- I-20ANGUS W. McLEAN 1870-1935Governor, 1925-1929, assistant secretary, U.S. Treasury, 1920-1921. His birthplace was 4 mi. N.
- I-8BURNT SWAMP ASSOCIATIONBaptist churches serving Lumbee and other tribes. Association was formed in 1881 at Burnt Swamp Church, then 2 1/2 mi. N...
- I-27CAROLINA COLLEGEOperated by Methodist Church, 1911-1926. Site used by Presbyterian Jr. College, 1929-1960; Carolina Military Academy, 19...
- I-68CROATAN NORMAL SCHOOLEst. in 1887 to educate teachers of Indian youth. It was the forerunner of UNC-Pembroke. Building was 2/10 mile east.
- I-67FIRST RURAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTIn 1912 Robeson County established first rural health department in U.S. three blocks N.
- I-24FLORA MacDONALD COLLEGEPresbyterian. Founded in 1896. Closed 1961. Merged to create St. Andrews College. Was located 1 mi. east.
- I-22THOMPSON INSTITUTEEst. 1881 for blacks by Lumber River Bapt. Assoc. Boarding school; trained teachers; named for A.H. Thompson. Succeeded ...
- I-30UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT PEMBROKEEstablished 1887 as the State Normal School for Indians. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.