Topics Related to Historical Markers

Charles H. Mebane (O-62)

Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor. Home 3 blocks E.

Peter Forney 1756-1834 (O-61)

Pioneer manufacturer of iron; Revolutionary War officer; Congressman, 1813-1815. Mt. Welcome, his home, was 3/4 mi. S.

Andrew Loretz (O-60)

Minister, 1786-1812, of German Reformed Church in the Carolinas. Home built in 1793. Located one-half mile south.

Graham's Fort (O-59)

Home of Col. William Graham. Site of Tory raid, 1780. Served as Revolutionary War fort. Site is 300 yds. N.E.

Machpelah Cemetery (O-58)

Presbyterian, 1801. Graves include those of Alexander Brevard, Joseph & James Graham, and Robert Hall & Joseph Graham Morrison.

Belmont Abbey College (O-57)

Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college. Founded, 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north.

R. Gregg Cherry (O-56)

Governor of North Carolina, 1945-1949. State legislator. Promoted good roads and rural electrification. Grave is 3 miles S.E.

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (O-55)

Organized before 1797 by German settlers from Pennsylvania. Present building, erected 1950, stands 2 1/2 miles south.

John Fulenwider (O-54)

Founder of High Shoals Iron Works about 1795. One of first producers of pig iron by charcoal process. Revolutionary patriot. Buried 20 yards W.

Claremont College (O-53)

Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.