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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OE8_union-ridge-church_Burlington-NC.html
Since before 1776 religious services have been held on this site. In 1815 several residents here bought property, organized a church and began holding regular services open to all. The new church soon joined with the Christian denomination of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13L1_occaneechi-in-the-service_Burlington-NC.html
When North Carolina passed laws in 1833 to restrict the rights of free blacks; they also limited the rights of Indians. In old Orange (later Alamance) County, many Occaneechi Indians including Dixon Corn, Jesse Jeffries, Enoch Jones, and Andrew Je…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV0B_confederate-occaneechi_Burlington-NC.html
When North Carolina passed laws in 1833 to restrict the rights of free blacks; they also limited the rights of Indians. In old Orange (later Alamance) County, many Occaneechi Indians including Dixon Corn, Jesse Jeffries, Enoch Jones, and Andrew Je…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMGT_glencoe-two-story-workers-houses_Burlington-NC.html
In Glencoe as in other Alamance County villages, the Holts built many substantial, 2-story houses for the workers. They resembled farmhouses in the area. In most of the 2-story houses, carpenters used hand-sawn timbers put together with pegs. Some…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMF8_glencoe-the-school_Burlington-NC.html
When Glencoe Mill opened in 1880, founder James H. Holt was ahead of most of his contemporaries in requiring that village children attend school for several months a year to the sixth grade, before they could work in the factory. The company built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMF5_glencoe-the-marshall-family-house-site_Burlington-NC.html
In 1899 James H. Holt sold Emanual "Man" Marshall a one-acre lot at the northeastern end of the Glencoe property. "Man" Marshall was the superintendent at Glencoe Mills for nearly forty years. He and wife Mary Eliza Murray Marshall lived with thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMME3_glencoe-life-in-the-mill-village_Burlington-NC.html
The whole matter of providing attractive and comfortable habitations for cotton operatives [is] summarized in the statement that they are essentially a rural people?while their condition is in most cases decidedly bettered by going to the factory,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMDZ_the-rise-of-the-textile-mill-communities_Burlington-NC.html
In the decades following the Civil War, the textile industry thrust the South into a period of rapid industrialization. In North Carolina, construction of railroads began through Piedmont "backcountry," and cities sprung up in their paths. Piedmon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM8G_living-in-a-mill-centered-world_Burlington-NC.html
In the village, every aspect of the workers' lives revolved around the mill. In addition to their homes, the churches, schools, and stores all belonged or were tied to the mill owners. While these places provided much needed social time for mill w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM89_neighbors-divided_Burlington-NC.html
Industrialization came to the South later than it had in the North. The first generation of mill workers were transplanted farmers who had no tradition of labor unions. The nature of the mill village also made organized labor difficult. The mill o…