Wilson County
14 places on the trail: 14 highway markers.
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
- F-30BARTON COLLEGEFounded in 1902 by the Christian Church of N.C. as Atlantic Christian College. Renamed 1990 for a church founder, Barton...
- F-55CHARLES LEE COON 1868-1927Educational reformer, historian and author. Secty. of Child Labor Committee, 1904-1916. Home was 1/2 blk. west.
- F-68FIRST ABC STOREFirst Alcoholic Beverage Control store in N.C. opened here, July 2, 1935, ending Prohibition, state law since 1909.
- F-69HACKNEY WAGON COMPANYManufacturer of farm & delivery wagons; est. 1903. Peak production was 15,000 per year. Factory was 1/4 mi. NE.
- F-56HENRY G. CONNOR 1852-1924Justice of N.C. Supreme Court; Federal District Judge; state legislator. Grave is 3.5 mi. west.
- F-64OWEN L. W. SMITHU.S. minister to Liberia, 1898-1902; born into slavery. Pastor, St. John A.M.E. Zion Church in Wilson. Lived 1/10 mi. N.