Exploration and settlement
Explorers, land grants and boundary lines, and where towns, counties, inns and resorts began. 217 places on the trail.
Before 1585
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- E-67'ENFIELD RIOT'Here in 1759 Lord Granville's land agents were compelled to give bond to return illegal fees. This was a forerunner of R...
- J-25'LAND OF EDEN'Near here ran southern line of estate of Wm. Byrd, Virginia planter, author, and surveyor of Va.-N.C. boundary line, 172...
- B-48ALEXANDER STEWARTAnglican minister to N.C., 1753-71. Served parish of St. Thomas & as chaplain to Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Erected first glebe ...
- B-72AQUASCOGOCAlgonquian village; was in this vicinity. Burned, July 18, 1585, by Roanoke colonists in their first dispute with Indian...
- D-14ARTHUR DOBBS 1689-1765Royal governor, 1754-65. Scholar, engineer, and member of Irish Parliament. Promoted immigration to colony. Grave 2 mi. ...
- H-57BARBECUE CHURCHPresbyterian, founded in 1757 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the third, erected about 1895, is 200 yds. nort...
- J-41BETHABARAFirst settlement by Moravians in North Carolina, 1753; known also as Old Town. Church erected 1788. Town is 1 mile N.E.
- M-47BOONE TRACTIn 1753 Lord Granville granted 640 acres on Bear Creek to Squire Boone who sold it in 1759 to his son Daniel. This was a...
- D-79BOUNDARY HOUSECommissioners met here to run boundary in 1764. Popular stop for colonial travelers. Ruins used to est. present state li...
- I-54CAMPBELTONColonial river port, incorporated in 1762. Later merged with Cross Creek to form the town of Fayetteville.
- L-69CATAWBA INDIAN RESERVATIONBy survey of 1772 the Catawba Indian reservation boundary in S.C. was made the N.C.-S.C. boundary in this area.
- D-48CHARLES TOWNCenter of a colony from Barbados led by John Vassall, 1664. Abandoned by 1667. Was located 2 mi. E. on Town Creek.
- Q-10CHEROKEE WARMajor George Chicken of South Carolina led first English military expedition against the Cherokee in this area, 1715.
- B-5CHRISTOPHER GALE ca. 1679-1735Chief Justice of colony of North Carolina, 1712. Lived nearby at "Kirby Grange," his plantation.
- A-15DIVIDING LINECommissioners drove the first stake for the Virginia-Carolina boundary, Mar. 18, 1728, three miles N.E., across Currituc...
- A-16DIVIDING LINEIn 1728 the Virginia-Carolina boundary was first surveyed from the Atlantic coast to a spot two hundred twenty miles wes...
- A-31EARLY EXPLORATIONIn 1622 an expedition from Jamestown, Va., led by John Pory, explored the Chowan River area.
- C-3FIRST PRINTING PRESS IN N.C.Est. 1749 by James Davis who published the first book & newspaper in colony. Shop was nearby.
- M-1FORT DOBBSBuilt in 1756 by colony. Was garrisoned by North Carolina Provincials during French & Indian War, until 1762. Site 1 mi....
- D-11FORT JOHNSTONGov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the off...
- D-32GEORGE BURRINGTON ca. 1682-1759Colonial governor, 1724-1725, 1731-1734; opened lower Cape Fear region to settlement. His home was 3/4 mile east.
- O-20GOSHEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEstablished in 1764. Rev. Humphrey Hunter, the first minister, arrived in 1796. Moved to present site, 2 mi. NW, in 1956...
- B-7GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Survey of southern boundary began 28 1/2 miles east across sound, 1743...
- B-8GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Its southern boundary was surveyed in 1743 to a point near here.
- H-14GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary was surveyed to a point just south of here in 1746.
- L-13GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary surveyed to a point near here in the fall of 1746.
- M-21GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of the colony of North Carolina. Its southern boundary was run to a point three miles east in the f...
- L-21GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD ca. 1721-1805Militia general. He led expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. Colonial & state official. Lived nearby on Grant's Creek.
- A-2INDIAN WOODSReservation established in 1717 for Tuscaroras remaining in N.C. after war of 1711-1713. Sold, 1828. Five miles N.W.
- B-75JOACHIM GANSScientist; Jewish native of Prague. Led metallurgy experiments, 1585-86, at the first Roanoke colony near here. Part of ...
- F-3JOHN LAWSONAuthor of "History of Carolina," explorer, and Surveyor-General, was executed Sept. 20, 1711, by Tuscarora Indians at Ca...
- G-118JOHN LEDERERPioneer German explorer traveled into Piedmont 1670 with Indian guide. Recorded observation of landscape & inhabitants. ...
- A-59JOSEPH PILMOORPioneer missionary. He preached first Methodist sermon in colony, 1772, at Currituck Courthouse, 300 ft. N. Church named...
- A-45LANE'S EXPEDITIONRalph Lane and a group of English colonists explored the Chawanook Indian country and the Chowan River, 1586, north to t...
- A-27MACKEYS FERRYEstablished 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry. Discontinued in 1938. Northern terminus was four blocks s...
- B-22MACKEYS FERRYEstablished 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry. Discontinued in 1938. Southern terminus was 3 miles north...
- E-8MASONIC LODGEChartered 1767. Building was erected in 1769. Joseph Montfort, "Grand Master of America," is buried there. 500 yds. E.
- B-42MATTAMUSKEETLargest natural lake in N.C. Center of an Indian reservation, established 1715. Twice drained and farmed. Wildlife refug...
- Q-33NORTH CAROLINA-GEORGIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- D-29NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- K-22NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- K-23NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- L-38NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- O-18NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- O-21NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- O-22NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- O-30NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- P-13NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- I-23NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- A-35NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- M-14NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- M-15NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- M-16NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- G-33OCCANEECHIVillage of Occaneechi Indians on the Great Trading Path. Inhabited ca. 1680-1710. Visited in 1701 by the explorer John L...
- E-78PERSON'S ORDINARYIn operation by 1770. Revolutionary tavern & stage stop. Named for family of Thomas Person. Restored by Littleton Woman'...
- B-62PORT OF BATHColony's first town, incorporated March 8, 1705. Home to first port of entry, 1716; exported naval stores.
- E-76RICH SQUARE MONTHLY MEETINGSociety of Friends (Conservative). Meeting was organized, 1760, six mi. S. Since 1936 has met here at Cedar Grove, a Mee...
- G-76SNOW CAMPSettled by Quakers in 1749. Cornwallis camped in area after Battle of Guilford Courthouse and used home of Simon Dixon a...
- D-16SPANISH ATTACKA Spanish expedition captured the town of Brunswick, 1748, during King George's War, but was soon driven away by the col...
- J-95SPRINGFIELD FRIENDS MEETINGEstablished in 1773 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1790. Building erected 1927 on original site is 1/2 mile east.
- M-3SQUIRE AND SARAH BOONEParents of frontiersman Daniel Boone settled in N.C. ca. 1751, purchased land grant nearby, 1753. Squire died, 1765; and...
- G-49ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHParish established in 1746. Present building, completed in 1773, stands 200 yards W.
- L-44ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHParish established in 1753. Present building constructed in 1828, stands one block west.
- D-33STAG PARKNamed by Barbadian explorers, 1663. Home of Gov. George Burrington and Samuel Strudwick, colonial official. The house st...
- O-38THE BLOCK HOUSEEarly landmark, western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between N.C. and S.C. Stood 1/2 mile east.
- A-53THOMAS CHILDAttorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761. Leader of faction which opposed Governor Dobbs. Secretary to Lord Granville. Home...
- F-33TOISNOT CHURCHBaptist. Founded 1756. Was moved 3 1/2 miles west in 1803. Early church site and graveyard are 350 yards south.
- E-18TOWN COMMONEstablished in 1760 by the Legislative Act which created the colonial town of Tarboro.
- O-77TRYON MOUNTAINLandmark on Cherokee boundary, negotiated by Gov. William Tryon and Cherokee chiefs, 1767. Elevation 3,231 feet.
- J-110WACHOVIA TRACTOn Dec. 27, 1752, survey for Moravian settlement began near here. Bishop August Spangenberg led frontier expedition that...
- A-46WEAPEMEOCThe principal town of the Weapemeoc Indians, visited by Ralph Lane and his colonists in 1585-1586, stood near present-da...
- D-34WELSH TRACTAbout 1730 a group of Welsh from the colony of Pennsylvania settled in this area, between the Northeast and Cape Fear ri...
- G-136WILLIAM CHURTONCartographer. Surveyed Granville District. In 1749 extended N.C.-Va. boundary line 90 miles west. Lived nearby.
- A-47YEOPIMReservation established for Yeopim Indians in 1704; sold after 1739. Northern boundary nearby; village was 2 miles S.E.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- O-52'OLD BILL' WILLIAMSWell-known guide and trapper. Helped survey Santa Fe Trail. Guided the ill-fated Fremont expedition of 1848. Was born ne...
- E-12CORNWALLISThe British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax, in May, 1...
- I-10CROSS CREEKColonial village and trading center, merged in 1778 with town of Campbelton and in 1783 renamed Fayetteville.
- N-31FRONTIER FORTEarly outpost against Indians. Used by Gen. Rutherford in expedition against Cherokee, Sept., 1776. Stood nearby and gav...
- J-58HALEY HOUSEBuilt 1786 by John Haley, blacksmith & sheriff, on the Petersburg-Salisbury Road. Later a tavern; now preserved as a mus...
- H-3ISAAC HUNTER'S TAVERNStood nearby. State Capital located within 10 miles by order N.C. Convention, 1788.
- E-17JETHRO SUMNERBrigadier general in the Revolution. Commanded N.C. forces from 1781. A planter, he operated a tavern near here
- E-26LOUISBURG COLLEGEOpened in 1857 on the site of the Franklin Academy, chartered 1787. Now a Methodist junior college, coeducational.
- C-44PORT SWANNSBOROUGHNamed for Samuel Swann. Town incorporated in 1783. Port, including area from New River to Bogue Inlet, established in 17...
- G-62RICHARD HENDERSONFounder of Transylvania Colony (Ky.) & Nashville (Tenn.), author Cumberland Compact (1780), judge, member N.C. Council o...
- E-33RICHARD WARFINGTONMember of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-06. Led the return trip from Mandan villages. Born 1777 near here.
- P-37RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, September, 1776, passed nearby on the banks of the ...
- P-38RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby.
- P-39RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, camped nearby along Hominy Creek.
- P-40RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby along Hominy Creek.
- P-41RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed here, through Pigeon Gap.
- P-42RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed here, through Balsam Gap.
- Q-42RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby along Savannah Creek.
- Q-43RUTHERFORD TRACEThe expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, passed nearby, through Cowee Gap.
- N-32SWANNANOA GAPUsed by Indians and pioneers in crossing Blue Ridge. General Rutherford's expedition against Cherokee passed here, Septe...
- M-5TORRENCE'S TAVERNBritish cavalry led by Colonel Tarleton routed a force of American militia, Feb. 2, 1781, at Torrence's Tavern, which st...
- G-92UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILLFirst state university to open its doors, 1795. Chartered in 1789 under the Constitution of 1776.
- E-36WARRENTON MALE ACADEMYStood here. Chartered 1787, named Warrenton High School, 1898. Since 1923 a public school.
- F-9WAYNESBOROUGHFirst seat of Wayne County, incorporated 1787. The town died after the county seat was moved to Goldsboro in 1850. Site ...
- Q-44WILLIAM BARTRAMPhiladelphia naturalist, author, exploring this area, met a Cherokee band led by their chief, Atakullakulla, in May 1776...
The young state, 1790-1860
- P-76'WALTON WAR'A boundary dispute in 1804 between N.C. & Ga. led to armed conflict. Militia called out after constable John Havner was ...
- Q-40BAPTIST MISSIONFor Cherokee Indians, established in 1817, consisting of a chapel, school, farm, and mills. Was 3 1/2 miles north.
- O-16BECHTLER'S MINTEstablished 1831, four miles N., by Christopher Bechtler. Later stood at this point. Minted more than $2 1/4 million in ...
- G-47BINGHAM SCHOOLFirst military school in North Carolina, was founded in 1826 by D. H. Bingham. Moved to Littleton in 1829. Stood nearby.
- H-51BUFFALO CHURCHPresbyterian. Founded in 1797 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the fourth, erected 1880, stands on original si...
- K-54CEDAR FALLS MILLChartered 1828; opened 1836. Jonathan Worth, N.C. governor (1865-68), its president. Supplied clothing for Confederate w...
- N-24COLLETT LEVENTHORPEConfederate general, physician, author. Born in England, settled in North Carolina about 1847. Grave is 150 yds. north.
- E-82COUNTRY DOCTOR MUSEUMChartered 1967 to honor the "old family doctor." Two doctors' offices, 1857 & 1887, restored with medical & apothecary a...
- N-30DAVENPORT COLLEGEFor women; chartered 1859 by Methodist Episcopal Church, South; merged with Greensboro College, 1933. Two bldgs. stand 1...
- E-68EAGLE TAVERNBuilt in 1790s. Banquet for Lafayette held on February 27, 1825 when tavern was on original site 900 ft. northeast.
- P-24HOT SPRINGSHealth resort since 1800. Name changed from Warm Springs, 1886. Internment camp for Germans in World War I was here.
- Q-32INDIAN BOUNDARYNear here the highway crosses Meigs-Freeman Line, surveyed in 1802, boundary between whites & Cherokees until 1819.
- A-65LAFAYETTEOn his American tour Lafayette spent night of Feb. 26, 1825, at Indian Queen Inn which stood two blocks north.
- J-59LENOX CASTLEAlso called Rockingham Springs. Council of State met here, 1790. Owned by John Lenox, Archibald D. Murphey, & Thomas Ruf...
- P-34MARS HILL COLLEGEBaptist; coeducational. Founded 1856 as French Broad Baptist Institute. Name changed 1859. Senior college since 1962.
- H-70MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINASuccessor to earlier group founded in 1799. Formed here in 1849. Dr. Edmund Strudwick was first president.
- F-32MILITARY HOSPITALConfederate. Headed by Dr. S. S. Satchwell in building of the Wilson Female Seminary, which was chartered in 1859. Stood...
- M-18MITCHELL COLLEGEFounded 1856 as college for women. Presbyterian until 1959. Granted state community college status, 1973. Two blocks N.
- H-65NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETYOrganized in 1856 in the Guion Hotel, which stood here. Dr. W. F. Bason, Haw River, first president.
- H-85NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIBRARYEstablished 1812 under Wm. Hill, Sec. of State; James F. Taylor first state librarian, 1843. Moved here in 1968.
- F-16PLANK ROADThe eastern terminus of the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road, chartered in 1850 and completed to Wilson by 1853, was ne...
- F-17PLANK ROADThe western terminus of the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road, chartered in 1850 and completed to Wilson by 1853, was ne...
- I-21PLANK ROADSFayetteville was the focal point for five plank roads, chartered 1849-52. The longest was built to Bethania, 129 miles n...
- M-35PROSPECT CHURCH AND ACADEMYPresbyterian. Both founded in 1824. Plans for Davidson College adopted here in 1835.
- E-22RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROADChartered 1835, completed 1840. Gaston, its terminal town, now extinct, was 3 mi. N.E.
- H-23RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROADChartered in 1835 and completed in 1840. Length 85 miles. Its southern terminus was 400 ft. W.
- H-36SAINT MARY'SEpiscopal school for girls. Established 1842 by Rev. Aldert Smede on the site of an earlier Episcopal boys school.
- P-60SHERRILL'S INNEst. by Bedford Sherrill, 1834. Served travelers crossing Hickory Nut Gap until 1909. Stands 300 yards south.
- K-7SNEEDSBOROUGHLaid out 1795. Promoted as inland port town on Pee Dee River by Archibald D. Murphey. Only graveyard remains, five miles...
- I-56ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGEChartered 1958; opened 1961. Formed by merger of colleges dating from 1858. Coeducational, four-year liberal arts colleg...
- G-93THOMAS DAY ca. 1801-1861Free black cabinetmaker in Milton, 1824-1861. Home and shop located here in the old Union Tavern, 1848-1858.
- B-73TRINITY SCHOOLEpiscopal boys school founded 1851 by Rev. N. Collin Hughes. Many students joined ministry. Closed 1908. Stood here.
- O-41U. D. C. MEMORIAL HALLBuilding housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east.
- N-9VALLE CRUCIS EPISCOPAL MISSIONEstablished in 1842 by Bishop Levi S. Ives. Reorganized in 1895 by Bishop J. B. Cheshire.
- J-50WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYFounded 1834 in Wake County by N.C. Baptist Convention. Moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.
- C-16WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night, April 22, 1791, at Shine's Inn which was 7 mi. S.W.
- C-18WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night Apr. 23, 1791 at Sage's Inn, which stood 200 yds. E.
- E-24WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night, April 18, 1791, in the town of Tarboro.
- E-25WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington was a visitor in the town of Halifax, on April 16-17, 1791.
- F-10WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night, Apr. 19, 1791, at Shadrack Allen's Inn, which was 7 mi. E.
- J-97WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent night of May 31, 1791, at the tavern in Salem. 1/2 mile north.
- L-64WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington was a visitor in the town of Salisbury, May 30-31, 1791.
- M-38WILKESBORO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEstablished in 1837; present church built in 1849-50. The first Presbyterian church in Wilkes County.
- J-26WRIGHT TAVERNBuilt in 1816. Rare example of dog-run building. Operated by Wrights and Reids. Birthplace and home of Congressman J. W....
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- D-71CAPE FEAR CLUBFounded in 1866; oldest men's social club in N.C. Guilford F. Dudley, first president. Building here in use since 1913.
- O-49CATAWBA SPRINGSFashionable "watering place," a recreational and social center prior to 1861. The hotel stood five miles northeast.
- GGG-1CONFEDERATE CEMETERYGraves of 52 soldiers individually marked, who died in the Kittrell Springs Hotel hospital 1864-65, are 1/2 mi. NE.
- I-41EDENBOROUGH MEDICAL COLLEGEEarly medical school, chartered 1867, conducted by Dr. Hector McLean. Closed c. 1877. Stood one-half mile south.
- B-71FREEDMEN'S COLONYThe first refugee slave community in N.C. Est. in 1863 by Union troops. It operated until 1867 on land nearby, extending...
- P-90INMAN CHAPELFounded 1868. Oldest Universalist church in western N.C. Hannah J. Powell led mission work and school, 1921-42, at site ...
- P-43JUDSON COLLEGEBaptist. Chartered in 1861 as Judson Female College; later coeducational. Operated 1882-1892 in building which stood thr...
- G-42KITTRELL'S SPRINGSHealth resort, social & recreational center in the19th century. Site of N.C.’s first Confederate General Hospital, 1861-...
- I-53PINELAND COLLEGE- EDWARDS MILITARY INSTITUTEFounded 1875. Includes kindergarten through junior college. Campus is 250 yards west.
- P-7QUALLA BOUNDARYSoco Gap, initial point of U.S. survey, 1876, of Cherokee Reservation, created through earlier efforts of W. H. Thomas, ...
- H-32SHAW UNIVERSITYFounded 1865 by Baptist missionary Henry Martin Tupper. Chartered 1875; named for benefactor Elijah Shaw of Mass.
- H-96ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGEFounded in 1867 by the Episcopal Church as a normal school for freedmen. Since 1928 a four-year college. 4 blocks N.
- L-29STONEMAN'S RAIDStoneman's U.S. cavalry occupied the town of Salisbury, Apr. 12, 1865, and destroyed the Confederate warehouses, supplie...
- D-44TEMPLE OF ISRAELErected 1875-6. First house of worship built in North Carolina by the Jews. Congregation established in 1867.
- G-74THE GLASS HOUSENoted winter health resort patronized by Northern hunters and tuberculosis patients. Opened 1871; burned 1893. Site is 1...
- J-107WADSWORTH CHURCHCongregational. Founded 1870 by former slave Rev. Madison Lindsay. Restored 1885 building is 80 yards southwest.
The New South, 1878-1929
- C-56ATLANTIC HOTELA prominent resort hotel opened June 21, 1880, and visited by citizens from N.Y. to Ga. Burned April 15, 1933. Stood her...
- F-30BARTON COLLEGEFounded in 1902 by the Christian Church of N.C. as Atlantic Christian College. Renamed 1990 for a church founder, Barton...
- H-62CAMPBELL UNIVERSITYBaptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.
- G-83CENTRAL ORPHANAGE OF NORTH CAROLINAFounded 1883. Pioneer Negro child-caring institution, serving on state-wide basis.
- A-58CHOWAN ACADEMYFounded in 1886 for blacks by Calvin S. Brown, pastor, Pleasant Plains Baptist Church. Later a public school named for B...
- O-53CLAREMONT COLLEGEFounded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.
- F-45EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYEstablished in 1907 as state-supported normal school. A four-year college since 1920. A university since 1967.
- Q-45ECHOTA MISSIONMethodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c. 1840-1885. School established 1850. Missionary's house stand...
- A-37ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITYFounded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became a university in 1969.
- A-91FATHER AARON BAZEMORE 1881-1992African American pastor. He founded in 1911 St. John, the first Church of God in Christ ministry in N.C. Grave 100 ft. W...
- I-24FLORA MacDONALD COLLEGEPresbyterian. Founded in 1896. Closed 1961. Merged to create St. Andrews College. Was located 1 mi. east.
- P-59FORESTRY SCHOOLFirst U.S. school of forestry. Established 1898 by Dr. C. A. Schenck, chief forester, Biltmore estate. Location until 19...
- I-17FORT BRAGGEstablished 1918 as U.S. field artillery training center. Named for N.C. native Braxton Bragg, Lt. Col., USA; Gen., CSA.
- J-89GUILFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTEstablished in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north.
- J-74IMMANUEL COLLEGELutheran. Founded 1903, and moved here in 1905; prepared black students for work in theology & education. Closed 1961.
- I-91LAURINBURG INSTITUTEFounded 1904 by E. M. and Tinny McDuffie to educate black students upon encouragement by Booker T. Washington. Campus 10...
- N-43LEES-McRAE COLLEGEPresbyterian. Founded in 1900 by Edgar Tufts. Named for teacher Elizabeth McRae & benefactor Mrs. S. P. Lees. Senior col...
- E-28LITTLETON COLLEGEChartered in 1883 as Central Institute and in 1887 as Littleton Female College. Burned 1919. Was located here.
- J-84MASONIC HOMEEstablished in 1912 by Grand Lodge of Masons and Order of Eastern Star for their aged.
- H-38MEREDITH COLLEGEAn independent women’s college chartered 1891 as Baptist Female University. Named 1909 for education advocate Thos. Mere...
- J-29N.C. A. AND T. STATE UNIVERSITYChartered in 1891 as a land grant college for blacks. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.
- D-84N.C. BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION LEAGUEOrganized on June 25, 1903, at Seashore Hotel nearby. First president was Samuel Wittkowsky.
- P-58N.C. EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONOrganized in 1884 as N.C. Teachers Assembly in the White Sulphur Springs Hotel. Building was one mile northwest.
- J-105N.C. FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBSVolunteer service group promoted suffrage, education, and other social, cultural causes. Founded 1902 one-half mi. SE.
- L-109N.C. LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIESFounded 1908 to promote sound civic management; Progressive era reform. First meeting held here attended by delegates fr...
- G-98N.C. SOCIETY OF ENGINEERSOrganized in 1918 in the Malbourne Hotel, which stood here. J. N. Ambler elected first president.
- G-53NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITYFounded 1910 by James E. Shepard for Negroes. State liberal arts college, 1925-1969. Now a regional university.
- D-76NORTH CAROLINA SOROSISOldest Federated Women's Club in state; chartered 1896; organized in house 6 1/2 miles southwest.
- H-25NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGHChartered 1887. Opened 1889 as a land grant college. Since 1931 campus of Consolidated University.
- J-87PALMER MEMORIAL INSTITUTEPreparatory school for blacks founded 1902 by Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Named for Alice Freeman Palmer. Closed in 1971. N...
- N-46PENLAND SCHOOLFounded 1929 by Lucy Morgan (1889-1981) to promote traditional crafts including pottery, metalworking and weaving. Campu...
- D-121SAINTS PETER AND PAUL RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCHSaint Helena, est. in 1905 as an agricultural colony for Italians, was populated, 1923-1932, by immigrants from Russia &...
- P-92SUNBURSTModel logging village established in 1905. Supplied lumber to WWI effort & Champion paper mill. Flooded by Lake Logan, 1...
- P-56UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT ASHEVILLEEstablished 1927; became Asheville-Biltmore College 1936. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Caroli...
- 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.
- D-117VAN EEDENJewish refugees from Nazi Germany lived, 1939-46, at agricultural colony founded in 1909 and revived by Alvin Johnson. T...
- N-2WALDENSESA religious body dating from the Middle Ages. The town of Valdese was founded by members of this group in 1893.
- P-69WARREN WILSON COLLEGEFounded in 1894 by the Presbyterian Church as Asheville Farm School. A four-year college since 1966. 1 1/2 mi. E.
- Q-38WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITYEstablished in 1889 as a private school. Has been a state supported institution since 1893.
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- I-34CAMP MACKALLPrimary training site for U.S. Army airborne troops in World War II. Established 1943; named for Private John Thomas Mac...
- O-43GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITYBaptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993.
- I-55METHODIST UNIVERSITYChartered 1956 as four-year liberal arts college. Opened September 1960. University since 2006.
- F-43MOUNT OLIVE COLLEGEOriginal Free Will Baptist. Chartered in 1951 as junior college. Moved here, 1953. Senior college charter granted in 198...
- M-40N.C. ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLINDEstablished in 1934 by Lions Clubs in N.C. First meeting was held here in Vance Hotel.
- H-114PAUL GREEN 1894-1981Playwright, teacher, & humanitarian. Awarded Pulitzer Prize, 1927. His 16 outdoor dramas included The Lost Colony (1937)...
- D-91PENDERLEA HOMESTEADSEstablished in 1934 as model farm community. Planned as a New Deal homesteading project of ten thousand acres.
- L-86UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHARLOTTEEstablished 1946; became Charlotte College, 1949. Moved here 1961. Campus of The University of North Carolina since 1965...
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- Q-39COWEEPrincipal settlement of the Cherokee Middle Towns. Council house stood on mound 300 yds. S. Town destroyed during the Re...
- P-47ESTATOE PATHTrading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passed...
- P-48ESTATOE PATHTrading route between mountain settlements of the Cherokee and their town, Estatoe, in what is now South Carolina, passe...
- P-45FLAT ROCKLandmark for Indians and the pioneer white settlers of this area, lies nearby. Town of Flat Rock named for this natural ...
- J-39JOSEPH WINSTONMajor in Revolution, a commander at Kings Mountain, Congressman, state legislator. Town of Winston named for him. Home w...
- L-84RED HILLHome and tavern of John & Martin Pheifer. Gov. Wm. Tryon and President George Washington among guests. Stood 1 1/2 mi. W...
- A-10SALMON CREEK AND EDEN HOUSE: SEEDBED OF THE COLONY
- E-21SHOCCO SPRINGSFamous health resort, social and recreational center, in nineteenth century. 4 1/2 miles southeast.
- P-53SULPHUR SPRINGSHealth & social resort during the nineteenth century; patronized by low-country planters. Springs are 600 yds. S.