Battle of Elizabethtown

Whigs broke Tory power in Bladen County, August, 1781, driving them into Tory Hole, 50 yards north.

Marker is on West Broad Street (North Carolina Route 87) west of Poplar Street (U.S. 701), on the right when traveling west.

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Elizabethtown

The discovery of gold on Baldy Mountain in 1866 brought such a rush of fortune-seekers to the Moreno Valley that “E-town” became a roaring mining camp almost overnight. Because of water and transportation problems, and a decline in ore quality, ...

Elizabethtown Battle

Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan on his second raid into Kentucky, with 3,900 men, was met by 652 Union troops under Lt. Col. H.S. Smith, Dec. 27, 1862. Object of raid was destruction of L & N R.R. main artery ...

Elizabethtown

The discovery of gold on Baldy Mountain in 1866 brought such a rush of fortune-seekers to the Moreno Valley that “E-town” became a roaring mining camp almost overnight. Because of water and transportation problems, and a decline in ore quality, ...