Federal Hospital

The 1865 home of Wm.

Smith, 100 yds. E., was

used as a hospital for

Union troops in the

Battle of Averasboro,

March 15-16, 1865.

Marker is at the intersection of Burnett Road (North Carolina Route 82) and Ross W Road (North Carolina Route 1801), on ...

Providence Pioneers

This marker honors the first settlers of Providence, who camped near here early in May 1859, and those who followed in the years 1860,1861,1862. Included in the groups who pioneered this section are the following families: Alder, Bowen, Busenbark, Baer, ...

Second Battle of Independence

October 1864

After heavy fighting at the Little Blue River on the 21st, Price's Confederate army forced Blunt's cavalry to retreat to the Big Blue River, leaving a rear guard in town. Shelby's Confederates reached town in the late afternoon. After ...

Safe Haven in Lynchburg: Project Y

In 1951, the National Gallery of Art established a secret emergency repository (Code named Project Y) for its distinguished collection of art on the campus of Randolph-Macon Woman's College. The specially designed reinforced concrete building, situated at the end of ...

Pearl S. Buck

Internationally known author and humanitarian Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973) graduated in 1914 from Randolph-Macon Women’s College, where she wrote for the college’s literary magazine. She was the author of more than 70 books, many of which were best sellers. In ...

Randolph-Macon Woman's College

Founded by Dr. William Waugh Smith in 1891 and opened in 1893 as a member of the Randolph-Macon System of Educational Institutions, this liberal arts college has been recognized from its opening year for its high standards of scholarship. The ...

Great Indian Warrior Trading Path

The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, Ga. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA ...

Merrill Park

In 1879, Sherburn S. Merrill, the General Manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, purchased almost half a square mile in the Menomonee Valley to construct a massive railroad shop complex. By the early 1880s, the railroad company ...

Revolutionary Skirmish Near Wyboo Swamp

During Francis Marion's 1781 campaign to drive the British from the Pee Dee, he and his men clashed near here in March with British and Tory forces numbering more than 500 men. During the Wyboo skirmish a Marion private, Gavin ...

Battle of Port Royal Island

Near the old halfway house, in the

vicinity of Grays Hill, on February

3, 1779, a force of South Carolina

Militia, Continentals, and

volunteers, including men from

Beaufort, under General William

Moultrie, defeated the British in

their attempt to capture Port

Royal Island.

Marker is on Trask Parkway ...