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Editor "Colonial Records of North Carolina," Confederate colonel, N.C. Secretary of State, 1879-91. His grave is four blocks east.

Governor, 1824-1827; Attorney General of N.C.; Congressman. His home was 400 yds. W.

Boyhood home of Bragg brothers, Thomas, governor, 1855-9; Braxton, Confederate general, and John, U.S. Congressman. One block east.

Governor, 1814-1817; state legislator and attorney general; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America. Lived three miles north.

Stood here. Chartered 1787, named Warrenton High School, 1898. Since 1923 a public school.

Canal and locks around river rapids completed 1834 by Roanoke Navigation Company. Highway crosses route of canal at this point.

Canal and locks completed around river rapids, 1834. Highway crosses canal route here. A lock is 200 feet south.

Member of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-06. Led the return trip from Mandan villages. Born 1777 near here.

The first railroad in the State was completed in 1833 from Petersburg, Va., to Blakely, on the Roanoke River, a short distance southeast.

On his American tour, Lafayette spent the night of February 28, 1825, at the home of Henry Donaldson which stood near this spot.