Stokes County
8 places on the trail: 8 highway markers.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- J-68BEAN SHOALS CANALAttempted ca. 1820-25 by Hiram Jennings for Yadkin Navigation Co. Hamilton Fulton was consultant. Never completed. Ruins...
- J-12BENJAMIN FORSYTHOfficer in the War of 1812. Mortally wounded in Canada, 1814. Forsyth County named for him. Home stood a few feet north ...
- J-76LEWIS DAVID von SCHWEINITZ 1780-1834Moravian administrator. Botanist and pioneer in American mycology. Discovered falls 3 mi. SW.
- J-98MORATOCK FURNACESmelting furnace built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843. It supplied iron to Confederacy, 1862-1865. Stands 3/10 mi. NE.