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Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened at Newton, 1851. Moved here, 1925, and enlarged.
Baptist. Est. as Wingate School in 1896; a junior college, 1923; became a senior college in 1977. University since 1995. Campus one block north.
Governor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary. N.C. Attorney General, state legislator. Birthplace was 50 ft. north.
Established here 1862 following its removal from Portsmouth, Va. Produced ordnance for the Confederate Navy.
Textile pioneer; founder of Cannon Mills, 1887, and Kannapolis, 1906; leading manufacturer of towels. Grave 2 mi. S.
Secretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 yards north.
Governor, 1921-1925, began state-wide paved road building program. United States Senator and Representative. His home is 1 1/2 miles S.E.
Led founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.
Colonel William Lee Davidson's Whig militia defeated Colonel Samuel Bryan's Tories, in July, 1780, a few miles S.E.
Textile manufacturer, State Senator, 1905-07. Friend of education. His home is 1 block W.