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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16TD_guilford-college_Greensboro-NC.html
A coeducational collegeoperated by the Societyof Friends. Charteredas New Garden BoardingSchool in 1834. Openedin 1837.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16TC_levi-coffin_Greensboro-NC.html
Anti-slavery leader,reputed president of "Underground Railroad,"was born about 4 milesnorth. Moved to Indianain 1826.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16T9_underground-railroad_Greensboro-NC.html
An informal secret network of blacks and whites provided food, clothing, shelter, and guidance for fugitive slaves. "Passengers," often guided by "conductors," traveled along routes that included "stations" or safe places. A station located in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16T8_randall-jarrell_Greensboro-NC.html
Poet & literary critic ofnational acclaim. Taughtat UNC - Greensboro from1947 to 1965. His graveis 120 yards southwest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16T7_battle-of-new-garden_Greensboro-NC.html
Early on Mar. 15, 1781,the British and Americanforces skirmished nearthe New Garden MeetingHouse prior to the Battleof Guilford Courthouse.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10LE_christian-isley-house_Greensboro-NC.html
Originally located in eastern Guilford County this one-and-a-half story structure was the home of Christian and Mary Isley. Like other German families, the Isleys migrated to North Carolina from Pennsylvania. In 1788 they purchased approximately 3…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10LD_francis-mcnairy-house_Greensboro-NC.html
Originally located in northwest Guilford County, this two-story log house was the home of Francis and Mary Boyd McNairy. Like other Scots-Irish families, the McNairys migrated to North Carolina from Pennsylvania. In 1762, they purchased 640 acres …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10LC_richardson-civic-center_Greensboro-NC.html
On this site, members of the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro built their first house of worship in 1832, and on the adjacent land citizens of Greensboro erected the first graded public school in North Carolina in 1875. These grounds and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10KX_o-henrys-family_Greensboro-NC.html
William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, better known by his pen name O Henry, gained fame as a gifted short story writer. O Henry's parents, Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter, his grandparents, Sidney and Ruth Worth Porter, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10KV_birthplace-of-the-civil-rights-movement_Greensboro-NC.html
Four Students at North Carolina A & T State University conducted the first lunch counter sit-in on February 1, 1960 at the Woolworth Store.
Franklin McCainJoseph McNeilEzell Blair, Jr.David Richmond
"Sometimes taking a stand for what is unde…