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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNM_friendship-academy-and-high-school_Burlington-NC.html
Was located 150 yards north-east of this marker. Built by community effort and without public funds. This school was dedicated to thoroughness in all subjects taught, and to the building of character as fundamental for the growth of the student.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EX5_oak-grove-plantation_Burlington-NC.html
1693 acre grain plantation founded by Michael Holt III (1778-1842). Birthplace of E.M. Holt (1807-1884), a founder of the southern textile industry and developer of "Alamance Plaid" fabrics. Dr. William Rainey Holt (1798-1868), noted "scientific a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWW_oak-grove-plantation_Burlington-NC.html
Oak Grove (ca. 1790-1910) was a 1,693-acre grain farm owned by the Holt family. The Holts were pioneers in the southern textile industry and developers of "Alamance Plaid" fabrics. While textiles made the Holts one of the wealthiest families in No…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUZB_johnston-moves-west_Burlington-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. R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUHM_johnston-moves-west_Burlington-NC.html
(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began of 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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSE9_the-regulators-field_Burlington-NC.html
(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began of 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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCD_the-john-allen-house_Burlington-NC.html
Quaker John Allen constructed this log dwelling circa 1780 in nearby Snow Camp. The State of North Carolina moved it here in 1966, restored it, and opened it to the public in 1967 to illustrate colonial life in the backcountry of North Carolina. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOZL_tryons-camp_Burlington-NC.html
Before and after thebattle of Alamance, themilitia of GovernorWilliam Tryon campednearby, along AlamanceCreek, May 13-19, 1771.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNFO_battle-of-alamance_Burlington-NC.html
Here was fought (I) on May 16, 1771, the Battle of Alamance. Opposing forces were colonial militia, mainly from the eastern part of the province, commanded by Governor William Tryon, and a band of frontier dwellers known as Regulators, who had ris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNF0_norfolk-western-caboose-518654_Burlington-NC.html
This Norfolk & Western caboose was given to the City of Burlington by Norfolk Southern Railway in 1993. It is symbolic of the railroad roots of the North Carolina Railroad town of Company Shops (1866) which became Burlington in 1893. The caboose w…