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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN7P_pyles-defeat_Burlington-NC.html
Near this location, mounted Loyalists from Chatham and southern Orange counties led by Col. John Pyle, and on their way to join Gen. Cornwallis in Hillsborough, were defeated by units of Gen. Greene's American Army led by Col. Henry "Light Horse H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKE_the-battle-of-the-alamance_Burlington-NC.html
The first battle of theRevolutionary War, wasfought in Orange County,North CarolinaMay 16th, 1771.
[ Right of Monument ]1771 - 81 ? ? ? ? ? ? 1901James Hunter "General" of the Regulators. "The country is as much masternow as ever." ? ? November…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKC_first-battle-of-the-revolution_Burlington-NC.html
[ Rear of Monument ]Herewas fought theBattle ofAlamancebetween theBritish and theRegulators——————-
[ Right of Monument ]Liberty
[ Left of Monument ]1880
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMGT_glencoe-two-story-workers-houses_Burlington-NC.html
In Glencoe as in other Alamance County villages, the Holts built many substantial, 2-story houses for the workers. They resembled farmhouses in the area. In most of the 2-story houses, carpenters used hand-sawn timbers put together with pegs. Some…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMF8_glencoe-the-school_Burlington-NC.html
When Glencoe Mill opened in 1880, founder James H. Holt was ahead of most of his contemporaries in requiring that village children attend school for several months a year to the sixth grade, before they could work in the factory. The company built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMF5_glencoe-the-marshall-family-house-site_Burlington-NC.html
In 1899 James H. Holt sold Emanual "Man" Marshall a one-acre lot at the northeastern end of the Glencoe property. "Man" Marshall was the superintendent at Glencoe Mills for nearly forty years. He and wife Mary Eliza Murray Marshall lived with thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMME3_glencoe-life-in-the-mill-village_Burlington-NC.html
The whole matter of providing attractive and comfortable habitations for cotton operatives [is] summarized in the statement that they are essentially a rural people?while their condition is in most cases decidedly bettered by going to the factory,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMDZ_the-rise-of-the-textile-mill-communities_Burlington-NC.html
In the decades following the Civil War, the textile industry thrust the South into a period of rapid industrialization. In North Carolina, construction of railroads began through Piedmont "backcountry," and cities sprung up in their paths. Piedmon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM8G_living-in-a-mill-centered-world_Burlington-NC.html
In the village, every aspect of the workers' lives revolved around the mill. In addition to their homes, the churches, schools, and stores all belonged or were tied to the mill owners. While these places provided much needed social time for mill w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM89_neighbors-divided_Burlington-NC.html
Industrialization came to the South later than it had in the North. The first generation of mill workers were transplanted farmers who had no tradition of labor unions. The nature of the mill village also made organized labor difficult. The mill o…