Battlefield of Bull Run or First Manassas

July 21, 1861. Confederates under General Beauregard defeated Federals under General McDowell. General Jackson given name of “Stonewall” on this field. Generals Bee and Bartow killed. Old stone house used as hospital. This marker erected July 21, 1928.

Marker can be ...

Destroy the Rebel Army

Two days before the battle, President Abraham Lincoln sent Gen. George B. McClellan a telegram, "God bless you and all with you! Destroy the rebel army, if possible." It was here, on these rolling farm fields, where McClellan and the ...

Nat’l Rochester

1752-1831

Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.

Marker is on Williamsboro Street (Business U.S. 158) west of Oxford Outer Loop (Truck Route U.S. 158), on the left when traveling west.

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Horner Military School

Established here by James H. Horner, 1851. Continued by his sons. Moved to Charlotte 1914.

Marker is at the intersection of Williamsboro Street (Business U.S. 158) and Military Street, on the right when traveling east on Williamsboro Street.

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Delaware & Hudson Canal

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

The Delaware & Hudson Canal, one of the nation’s first large-scale private enterprises, transported millions of tons of anthracite (hard coal) from northeastern Pennsylvania to markets in New York. Gravity railroads took the coal ...

Avery Hotel

Formerly Half-Way House

Hotel and stagecoach relay station, halfway between Murphys and Big Trees. Settled in the 1850’s by Joseph and Sarah Goodell. Purchased by Peter Avery, then operated by three generations of Averys - Peter and Nancy, George and Henrietta ...

S.J. Workman Highway

Named in Honor of

S.J. Workman

Business and Civic Leader

for his dedicated public service

Member, State Highway Commission

1952-56 and 1964-68

Chairman, State Highway Commission

1967-68

Marker is at the intersection of S.J. Woorkman Hwy / Walnut Grove Rd (State Highway 42-50) and Interstate 29, on ...

Father of the River Walk

February 8, 1902 — July 22, 1980

Robert H. H. Hugman, architect, revered for his role in development of the river walk, 1939-1941, opened his office at river level in this circular space in early 1941. He remarked at the time, ...

Barbed Wire Demonstration

Once called "bobwire" by cowboys, barbed wire was a French invention first patented in the U.S., in 1867, but it did not gain favor with cattlemen until late 1870s. Joseph Glidden of Dekalb, Illinois, received a patent for his barbed ...

Settlement of Long Valley and Mt. Carmel / Dr. Priddy Meeks

Settlement of Long Valley and Mt. Carmel

The first written account of the exploration of Long Valley was given by John D. Lee in 1852. Coming from Parowan, the explorers were under the direction of Bishop John R. Smith. James Lewis ...