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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3TC_stamp-act_Belville-NC.html
Resisted by armed band, Feb., 1766, at Brunswick, where royal governor Tryon lived. Site 18? mi. south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QR_robert-howe_Belville-NC.html
Major General in the Revolution, commander of the American Army in the South., 1776-78. His home stood 17 miles S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3O6_smithville-burying-ground_Southport-NC.html
"Nor even this hour shall want its charm / For side-by-side still fondly we'll keep / And calmly in each others arms / Together linked go down the deep." —From the marker for Emeline L. Taylor and Major George Taylor who were swept from the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3O4_railroad-religion-on-rhett-street_Southport-NC.html
Between the Civil War and the construction of the Panama Canal in 1904, local residents and investors desperately sought to surpass Wilmington by building a rail link to the Appalachian coal fields. Smithville would become the first refueling stop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KM_old-jail_Southport-NC.html
On February 27, 1904, ground was broken for the "new" jail. Contractor A.J. Robbins received the contract with a low bid of $6,738. Its construction is "a concrete foundation with brick walls, laid in 1:6 bond constructed with a six-course belt an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HS_southports-first-fire-alarm_Southport-NC.html
January 1916. Founded in 1893, the Southport Volunteer Fire Department was officially organized with the election of officers and adoption of a constitution and by laws on 21 January, 1916. Authorized purchase of the city's first fire alarm bell w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HK_franklin-square_Southport-NC.html
Site for this public park was given to the town of Smithville, which was named in his honor, by Governor Benjamin Smith. His legacy provided that land in this square be used for educational, fraternal, religious and recreational purposes.
Th gi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3DR_fort-caswell_Oak-Island-NC.html
Seized by N.C. Militia three months before firing on Fort Sumter. Governor Ellis ordered its return to Federal Authority; three miles east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3DP_hurricane-hazel_Oak-Island-NC.html
Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM35Z_brunswick-town-state-historic-site_Winnabow-NC.html
Brunswick Town State Historic Site was established on land donated to the State of North Carolina in December, 1952, by James Laurence Sprunt and his four sons, James Laurence Sprunt, Jr., Kenneth Murchison Sprunt, Samuel Nash Sprunt, and Laurence…