Battle of Elizabeth City

“Dash at the Enemy”

After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, he dispatched Commander Stephen C. Rowan to destroy the Mosquito Fleet, which had been annoying U.S. naval vessels. Confederate Commodore William F. Lynch’s fleet ...

Buffalo

The Source of Life

While the Plains Indians hunted many kinds of animals, their very existence depended on the buffalo. The massive creatures supplied most of the meat for their diet. Every part of the great animal was used. Nothing was ...

Battlefield House

[Text on First Historic Marker]:

Battlefield House

and

Fifteen and one-half acres of

Parkland

Property of

The women's Wentworth Historical Society

1899-1962

Given by this society to the

Niagara Parks Commission

as a National Historic Site

January 19, 1962

[Text on Second Historic Marker]:

Battlefield Park

Battlefield House (circa 1796)

Battlefield Monument (1913)

Designated under the ...

Friendship Garden

In May 1936, the Tri-County news of Americus, Georgia, reported, "Miss Julia Coleman {superintendent of the Plains High School} has directed a program for the beautification of the {school} campus this spring, and many shrubs and flowers have been planted. ...

The Battlefield of Stoney Creek

The Battlefield of Stoney Creek

6th June 1813

In memory of 20 good and true King's Men who,

in fighting in defence of their country, died

and were buried on this knoll.

This revised inscription and stone re-dedicated

June 6th 1956

By

Her Majesty's Army & Navy Veteran's ...

Elkin Manufacturing Company

Welcoming the Raiders

(Preface):

On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, the North Carolina ...

Way of the Horse

A Race of Mounted Warriors

Horses were introduced by the Europeans in the 18th century. They were seen by the Indians as a creature similar to the dog, subservient to man. The Plains people therefore called the animals "big dogs." However, ...

Chiefs

A Title of Honor

The Plains Indian chief was not an autocratic ruler. The title was honorary, although an exceptionally powerful personality could exert great influence. As a rule, any power exercised within the tribe was done so by the total ...

Surry Muster Field

Patriot militia, led by Major Joseph Winston, gathered in this vicinity, Sept. 1780, marched to victory at Kings Mtn.

Marker is on Elkin Highway (North Carolina Route 268), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jimmy Carter's Boyhood Farm

From Here to Plains

Just down this path is the shady, swept-sand yard where the 39th President of the United States played as a boy, during the years of the Great Depression. This plain white farmhouse, these tangled woods, and these ...