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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26HA_generator-house_Bald-Head-Island-NC.html
This brick structure was built to house the generator for the Cape Fear Lighthouse. A slate roof covers brick walls that are approximately 10-1/2 inches thick.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26H9_captain-charlies-station_Bald-Head-Island-NC.html
These four dwellings were provided by the government for the keepers of the Cape Fear Lighthouse and their families. Captain Charles Swan, the first keeper of the light, lived with his family and staff in these homes from 1903 until 1933. The smal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26H8_fort-holmes-1863-1865-batteries-no-1-and-no-2_Bald-Head-Island-NC.html
A rectangular sand bastion, Battery No. 2 mounted a 100-pounder Brooke Cannon and was located about 200 yards east. The site of circular-shaped Battery No. 1 with its 10-inch Columbiad cannon is about a 100 yards to the west. It sat upon the south…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM259R_memorial-to-north-carolina-militia-a-war-memorial_Southport-NC.html
Erected April 13th, 1938
by the
National Society United States Daughters of 1812
of
North Carolina
Memorial to North Carolina Militia, stationed at Deepwater Point, about one mile northeast of Southport on the water front, several companies o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9R_stede-bonnet-historical_Southport-NC.html
Barbadian planter turned pirate made North Carolina his base, 1718. Captured in naval battle few miles east. Hanged in Charleston.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X0A_bald-head-lighthouse-historical_Southport-NC.html
Original lighthouse was erected in 1794. Present tower, "Old Baldy," built in 1817. Used until 1935. Stands 3 miles south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDEX_indian-trail-tree_Southport-NC.html
This ancient gnarled oak has been estimated to be more than 800 years old. Indians may have bent the young tree to mark the trail to their fishing grounds. The tree took root a second time, thus developing the unusual formation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMANM_fort-caswell_Southport-NC.html
Named for Gov. Caswell. Begun by U.S. in 1826; seized by N.C. troops, 1861; abandoned by Confederates, 1865. Stands five miles southeast.
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…