Topics Related to Historical Markers

James W. Cannon 1852-1921 (L-55)

Textile pioneer; founder of Cannon Mills, 1887, and Kannapolis, 1906; leading manufacturer of towels. Grave 2 mi. S.

David F. Houston (L-54)

Secretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 yards north.

Cameron Morrison (L-53)

Governor, 1921-1925, began state-wide paved road building program. United States Senator and Representative. His home is 1 1/2 miles S.E.

James P. Cook (L-52)

Led founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.

Fight at Colson's (L-51)

Colonel William Lee Davidson's Whig militia defeated Colonel Samuel Bryan's Tories, in July, 1780, a few miles S.E.

W. R. Odell (L-50)

Textile manufacturer, State Senator, 1905-07. Friend of education. His home is 1 block W.

Stonewall Jackson Training School (L-49)

State juvenile facility. Est. in 1909 to provide boys with educational and vocational training. Campus is 200 yds. W.

D. A. Tompkins 1851-1914 (L-48)

Crusader for southern industrial development, manufacturer, engineer, author, and publisher. Grave is 1/2 mile north.

Andrew Jackson (L-47)

Studied law under Spruce Macay, 1784-85, at an office which stood 1 bl. W. Admitted to the bar in Rowan County, Nov. 6, 1787.

Organ or Zion Church (L-46)

Lutheran. Organized by early German settlers. The building erected in 1794 is 1 1/2 mi. south.