Duplin Old Courthouse Site

Erected 1754. Stood one mile north. Served until Sampson County was created from Duplin County in 1784.

Marker is on Turkey Highway (Route 24), on the right when traveling west.

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Bowdoin College War Memorial

• Honored Here Are All Bowdoin Generations Who Served When Our Country Called and Those Who Fell •

World War II [Honored Dead]

Korea [Honored Dead]

Vietnam [Honored Dead]

I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus,

The cries of agony, the endless groan.

Which, ...

Bowdoin College World War Memorial

Dedicated to the

Sons of Bowdoin

who in

the World War

offered their lives

and services for

their country

and for Freedom

1914 - 1918

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Breve tempus aetatis

satis longum est

ad bene honesteque

vivendum

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Colonel Ben Cleveland

1738 - 1806

Colonel Ben Cleveland

1738 - 1806

Wilkes County Militia

Marker is on Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.

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The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Under the Title of the Imm

(Saint Mary’s Church)

Church and surrounding buildings are on land once owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737 – 1832) only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence and last signer to die. At rear is Carroll Manor, built c.1730, his ...

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Pioneer NASCAR dirt track. Built 1946; paved in 1958. Hosted sanctioned events, 1949-96. 5/8 mile oval 3 mi. W.

Marker is on Speeway Road (Old US 421) 0.1 miles north of U.S. 421, on the right when traveling north.

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Billy and Ma Sunday

Evangelist William "Billy" Sunday and his wife Helen "Ma" Sunday owned this farm, 1899-1913, and spent their summers here. Ma was born on the farm. Billy was born in Ames, Iowa, in 1862. He played outfield for Chicago and other ...

Pinkerton’s Early Home

Allan Pinkerton, famous detective, had his home and cooperage on this lot, 1844-1850. Here he sheltered and employed slaves escaping to freedom. After helping to capture some counterfeiters, he became deputy sheriff of Kane County in 1848. In 1850 he ...

Battle of Milton

On March 20, 1863, a brigade of Union infantry took a position on this ridge and held off repeated attacks by General John H. Morgan's Confederate cavalry. The 1500 Federals, under the command of Colonel Hall, inflicted heavy casualties on ...

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Landmarks of New York

This church in modified federal style was built in 1821 as the Eighth Presbyterian Church. From 1842 until 1856 it was the house of worship for St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Parish, becoming St. John's Evangelical Lutheran ...