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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYS_common-high-flyers-of-pilot-mountain_Pinnacle-NC.html
Look up, out, or down and you are likely to see some of these high flyers soaring around here at Pilot Mountain State Park.
Can you identify any of them?
Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis) height 18-25 inches, wingspan 4 feet. A large stocky ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYQ_prescribed-fire_Pinnacle-NC.html
Fire! The very word conjures up images of huge flames rushing through forests destroying everything in their path, animals running to escape the heat and flames. Yet in nature, there much more to the story of fire. Fire has played an important rol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18QK_patrick-county-virginia-north-carolina_Mt-Airy-NC.html
Patrick County, Virginia. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1790 from Henry, and named for Patrick Henry, who thus had two counted named for him. General J.E.B. Stuart was born in this county.
North Carolina. North Carolina was one of the origin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18KZ_jesse-franklin_Lowgap-NC.html
Governor 1820-21; state & U.S. Senator and representative; officer in Revolution. His home stood ? mile south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12L1_the-kings-mountain-campaign-of-1780_Elkin-NC.html
The Kings Mountain campaign is one of the turning points of the American Revolution. The British commander in the Southern Colonies, Lord Charles Cornwallis, anticipated strong Loyalist support in the Carolinas. Major Patrick Ferguson, an experie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12KY_surry-county-muster-site_Elkin-NC.html
The grassy area in front of you is the easternmost point on the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Near this spot on September 27th, 1780, Patriot militiamen from Surry County under the command of Major Joseph Winston mustered to join …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12H1_elkin-manufacturing-company_Elkin-NC.html
(Preface):On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12GU_surry-muster-field_Elkin-NC.html
Patriot militia, led by Major Joseph Winston, gathered in this vicinity, Sept. 1780, marched to victory at Kings Mtn.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM110Q_hardin-taliaferro_Mt-Airy-NC.html
Humorist, minister, and editor. Wrote Fisher's River Scenes (1859), a collection of folk tales with local settings. He was born 2 miles N.W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10YS_rockford_Dobson-NC.html
(Preface):On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,…