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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21X7_lincoln-academy_Kings-Mountain-NC.html
Founder: Emily Pruden, educator and philanthropist from Orange, Connecticut. A co-educational boarding and day school, grades 1-12, for children of African descent. Accredited 1923. Home of Mildred Wellmon Elementary School, a historic Rosenwald b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21X6_stuart-w-cramer_Belmont-NC.html
Engineer and inventor. Pioneered advances in textile mill air conditioning. Home 3 mi. SW.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21VJ_gillespie-gap_Spruce-Pine-NC.html
On Friday, September 29, 1780, a large part of the American Army passed this spot, under command of Colonels William Campbell, Isaac Shelby and John Sevier. On their march to the battle of King's Mountain, where the British and Tory forces, number…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218Z_pope-field_Spring-Lake-NC.html
Est. 1919. Named for Lt. Harley Pope, Army aviator. Became Air Force base in 1948. Since 2011 part of Fort Bragg. 1½ mi. W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217M_fish-tales_Bryson-City-NC.html
Rainbow and brown trout, stonerollers, hogsuckers, sculpins, river chubs, and other fish live here in the lower reaches of the Oconaluftee River. But these are just a few of over 85 species found in the Smokies. The park's streams offer multiple m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217L_cut-and-run_Bryson-City-NC.html
You hardly ever left a tree of any size standing and all the little 'uns was torn down. Raymer Brackin Standing her in 1910 you would have seen a far different landscape than today. You might have seen the Champion Fibre Company logging the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210R_honoring-yancey-countys-confederate-dead-a-war-memorial_Burnsville-NC.html
(front panel) 80 names listed (rear) Lest we forget, these men died for their freedom and independence. "Deo Vindice." 78 names listed
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210N_yancey-county-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Burnsville-NC.html
This memorial dedicated in honor of all who served in defense of our country World War I Pvt Don Anglin 22 Apr 1887 25 Dec 1918 Pvt Travis W Robinson 31 Aug 1895 23 Oct 1918 Iss D Renfro 18 Oct 1918 Afghanistan Sgt Kevin 10 Jan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20W2_western-view_Bryson-City-NC.html
Looking west you can track the course of the North Carolina-Tennessee boundary. Through most of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the state boundary also marks the course of the Appalachian Trail, which passes just below this tower. The trail l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20W0_southern-view_Bryson-City-NC.html
Notice the forest that surrounds the tower. This is a spruce (Picea rubens) and Fraser fir (Abies fraseri). It is a forest under stress. The dead trees you see are Fraser fir, victims of a European insect. Another threat, with far broader effects,…
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