Union County
17 places on the trail: 17 highway markers.
People of Union County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- L-110CAMP NEW PROVIDENCEEncampment, Oct.-Dec. 1780, of N.C. militia & Continental Army, where Patriots laid plans to confront Cornwallis. Site w...
- L-16CORNWALLISFirst led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C...
- L-94DAVIE'S ATTACKCavalry led by William R. Davie attacked and dispersed band of Tories, September 20, 1780, at the plantation of James Wa...
The young state, 1790-1860
The New South, 1878-1929
- L-32FERDINAND FOCHCommander-in-chief of Allied armies, 1918, made a speech at the Union County Courthouse, on December 9, 1921.
- L-90JOHN J. PARKER 1885-1958Chief judge, U.S. Fourth Circuit, 1931-58; alternate member, Nuremberg tribunal, 1945-46. He was born one block SE.
- L-100LT. SAMUEL I. PARKEROne of two North Carolinians awarded Medal of Honor for valor in World War I (France, 1918). Born 1 blk. SE.
- L-57T. WALTER BICKETTGovernor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary. N.C. Attorney General, state legislator. Birthplace...
- L-58WINGATE UNIVERSITYBaptist. Est. as Wingate School in 1896; a junior college, 1923; became a senior college in 1977. University since 1995....
- L-6WM. HENRY BELK 1862-1952Merchant, philanthropist, and Presbyterian layman. Opened first store, May 29, 1888, two blocks east.
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- L-54DAVID F. HOUSTONSecretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 y...
- L-119ROBERT F. WILLIAMS
- L-34TRADING PATHColonial trading route, dating from the seventeenth century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw Indians in Carolin...
- L-35TRADING PATHColonial trading route, dating from the seventeenth century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw Indians in Carolin...