North Carolina

Civil War Trails

North Carolina’s Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids ...

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Depot

Constructed in 1891 as a union depot for the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (nicknamed “Tweetsie”) and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad, the building served as a passenger railway terminal until 1940. From 1912 until 1930, ...

Central Orphanage of North Carolina

Founded 1883. Pioneer Negro child-caring institution, serving on state-wide basis.

Marker is on Raleigh Street south of West Antioch Drive, on the left when traveling south.

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First Sit-In Victory In North Carolina

On February 8, 1960, Carl Wesley Matthews began the city's sit-in demonstration alone at lunch counters near this site and was soon joined by students from Winston-Salem Teachers College, Atkins High School, and Wake Forest College. The nonviolent protest led ...

North Carolina Constitution

The first constitution of the independent state was adopted in Halifax on December 18, 1776.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 301 and St. David Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 301.

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North Carolina/South Carolina

North Carolina

Colonized, 1585-87, by

First English Settlers

in America; Permanently

Settled C.1650; First To

Vote Readiness For Independence, Apr. 12, 1776

South Carolina

Formed in 1712 from part

of Carolina, which was

Chartered in 1663, It

was first settled by the

English in 1670. One of

the 13 Original States.

Marker ...

North Carolina Confederate Dead

N.C.

Confederate

Dead

Marker is at the intersection of Mt Hebron Drive and Confederate Cemetery Drive, on the left when traveling east on Mt Hebron Drive.

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North Carolina Troops

In memory of the

North Carolina Troops

that so valiantly

resisted the advance

of a superior

Federal army at the

Battle of Averasboro

March 15-16, 1865

Fiftieth North Carolina Regiment

Seventy Seventh North Carolina Regiment

Tenth Battalion North Carolina

Heavy Artillery

Left Marker:

Local units engaged here

50th N.C. Regiment

Co. H Harnett County

Co. C ...

North Carolina / Georgia

North Carolina

Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.

Georgia

The colony of Georgia was chartered in 1732, named for King George II of England, and settled in 1733. ...

North Carolina / Tennessee

North Carolina

Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.

Tennessee

Settled before 1770 by North Carolina-Virginia pioneers. Ceded by North Carolina to the United States, 1789; admitted to the ...