Welsh Tract

About 1730 a group of Welsh from the colony of Pennsylvania settled in this area, between the Northeast and Cape Fear Rivers.

Marker is on U.S. 117 south of Exit 390 (Interstate 40), on the right when traveling north.

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Raven Cliff Falls

This beautiful falls has been preserved and protected by the Mills and Moore Families for several generations and was acquired in 1981 from James P. Moore and Otis P. Moore for the benefit of the citizens of South Carolina.

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Wright Brothers National Memorial

Wilbur

Wright

Orville

Wright

In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. Conceived by Genius. Achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Croatan Highway (U.S. 158) and Prospect Avenue.

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Intake Structures

Reclamation: Managing Water in the West

The eight small "buildings" on the upstream face of the dam contain equipment to operate the penstock gates. Each penstock is 15 feet (4.6 meters) in diameter and carries water to one of the turbine ...

Dr. Jessee Bennett

1769–1842

Near Edom, Virginia, on January 14, 1794, in a heroic effort to save his wife, Elizabeth, and child, Dr. Jessee Bennett performed the first successful Caesarian section and oophorectomy to be done in America.

Marker is on Harpine Highway (Virginia Route ...

The National Pike

The National Pike, called the “Old Cumberland Road” , was started in 1811 and used to Wheeling in 1817 and by mail coaches from Washington by 1818. Most of it followed the Nemacolin Path and Braddock’s Road from Cumberland, Md.

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Endview

Home of the Warwick Beauregards

The white two-and-a-half story frame building in front of you in the distance is Endview. Endview was built circa 1760 by Col. William Harwood, Jr., who was a member of the House of Burgesses, a signer ...

Garrity's Alabama Battery

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Garrity's Alabama Battery.

Two 10 Pdr. Parrotts, Two 12 Pdr. Napoleons.

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's Division.

Nov. 1863.

Capt. James Garrity, Commanding.

1st Lieut. Philip Bond.

1st Lieut. Maynard A. Hassell.

2nd Lieut. Henry F. Carroll.

The section of Parrott guns ...

Historic Bridgeport

Colonel Ebenezer Zane, one of the founders of Wheeling, laid out the village that became Bridgeport in 1806 on the site of Fort Kirkwood (1789). Originally named Canton, it acquired its present name after the bridge to Wheeling Island was ...

Hydraulic Gold Mining 21-Inch Gate Valve

1880

Used at You Bet-Red Dog Diggin’s east of Nevada City periodically 1880-1935 to control water flow from Chalk Bluff Reservoir to the mine. Hydraulic nozzle mounted opposite was operated at that mine by Thomas B. Brady (1874-1964).

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Manufactured by Joshua Hendy ...