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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXI_miracle-of-hickory_Hickory-NC.html
"Miracle of Hickory". . Outbreak of polio in June 1944 led to the founding of an emergency hospital 1/2 mile N.E. Closed, 1945.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXH_lenoir-rhyne_Hickory-NC.html
Lenoir Rhyne. . Coeducational, Lutheran college, named for W.W. Lenoir and D.E. Rhyne. Opened as Lenoir College in academic year, 1891-92.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXG_piedmont-wagon-company_Hickory-NC.html
Piedmont Wagon Company. . Manufacturer of horse-drawn wooden wagons. At peak capacity produced 1000 per month. Operated from 1880 to 1940s 1/10 mile north.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DX8_claremont-college_Hickory-NC.html
Claremont College. . Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DX7_north-carolina-south-carolina_Gastonia-NC.html
North Carolina/South Carolina. . . North Carolina . Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c.1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776. South Carolina . Formed in 1712 from part of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DWN_dan-k-moore_Sylva-NC.html
Dan K. Moore. Governor, 1965-69; held posts on superior & state Supreme courts. Set up initial Court of Appeals, 1967. Lived 1/10 mi. SE.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOR_battle-of-cowans-ford_Huntersville-NC.html
Battle of Cowan's Ford. . Cornwallis, pursuing Greene, crossed the Catawba, 7 Mi. W., after sharp fight, Feb., 1781.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D2P_vestal-hotel_Graham-NC.html
Vestal Hotel. 1903 C. One of the few original hotel buildings of this era still standing in North Carolina
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CHH_cameron-morrison-school_Hoffman-NC.html
Cameron Morrison School. State home and school for boys, opened 1925. Gives academic, vocational, and agricultural training. Three miles W. Division of Archives and History 1999
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHM_rutherfords-expedition_Waynesville-NC.html
In 1776, Revolutionary War General Griffith Rutherford led 2,400 men through the gap below and to your left. During the war's early phases the Cherokee, with British support, repeatedly attacked the frontier settlements. Rutherford's expedition wa…