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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218Z_pope-field_Spring-Lake-NC.html
Est. 1919. Named for Lt. Harley Pope, Army aviator. Became Air Force base in 1948. Since 2011 part of Fort Bragg. 1½ mi. W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SEX_omar-ibn-said_Fayetteville-NC.html
Muslim slave & scholar. African born, he penned autobiography in Arabic. 1831. Lived in a Bladen County and worshipped with local Presbyterians.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GSC_currahee-rocks_Fayetteville-NC.html
The rock base beneath Iron Mike has its own story. In July 1942 over 5,000 men arrived at Camp Toccoa for training as a new type of soldier, a Paratrooper. Over the next few years over 17,000 soldiers of the 501st, 506th, 511th, and the 517th Para…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C1U_burning-of-clarendon-bridge_Fayetteville-NC.html
(preface)The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C1O_the-sandford-house_Fayetteville-NC.html
Duncan McLeran constructed this two-story Federal-style dwelling in 1797. In 1820, the property was sold and remodeled to accommodate the Bank of the United States, the first federal bank in North Carolina. The house is named for John Sanford, a c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C1B_highsmith-rainey-memorial-hospital_Fayetteville-NC.html
Highsmith Hospital opened in 1901 on Green Street in downtown Fayetteville as the first private hospital in North Carolina. In 1926 the hospital was relocated to the corner of Hay Street and Bradford Avenue. The hospital opened on its present site…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C1A_edward-j-hale-house_Fayetteville-NC.html
Across the street is the Hale-Williams House, notable for the variety of architectural styles it incorporates as well as for the prominence of its builder, Edward Jones Hale. Hale bought this property in 1847 and constructed the house in the 1850s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C19_north-carolina-arsenal_Fayetteville-NC.html
The courses of lighter colored brick found in this brick pad represent foundations uncovered while preparing the area for construction. The walls were part of the main arsenal building which was started in 1838 and completed in fall of 1839. The b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16G7_braxton-bragg_Fort-Bragg-NC.html
In honor ofBraxton BraggLieutenant Colonel, USAGeneral, CSA
Born: Warrenton N.C.22 March 1817Died: Galveston, Texas27 September 1876War Department General Order No. 77, 21 August 1918, established Camp Bragg, N.C. in honor of "Capt. Braxton Bra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12U9_shermans-army_Fayetteville-NC.html
Invading North Carolina, Sherman's army occupied Fayetteville, Mar. 11-14, 1865, destroying the Confederate Arsenal, which stood 1 mile W.