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With President Davis held last full meetings April 22-26, 1865 in a house which was located here.
Enclosure, 16 acres. Once held 10,000 men. Destroyed by Federals, 1865. Site one block south.
Stone dwelling, built ca. 1774, by Revolutionary leader, who helped draft state constitution, 1776. Stands 400 yards S.E.
General Johnston's men paid off and mustered out near here, May 1-2, 1865, after surrender near Durham, April 26.
Site of American Indian civic-ceremonial village, with platform mound, dating to circa 1,000 C.E. Studied by archaeologists since 1937, Historic Site stands 2 mi. north.
Location: US 74 east of PolktonCounty: AnsonOriginal Date Cast: 1962(The Brown Creek Soil Conservation District marker is an oversized marker with extended text. That text follows.)Here was established the first district in America for a systematic program of land erosion control. Known as the Brown Creek District because it embraced the area of the Brown Creek Watershed, it heralded the beginning of a national program of soil conservation districts.
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Commanded 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during World War II and Fort Bragg 1957 to 1960. He lived nearby.
An Indian village that represents Mississippian mound-building tradition (A.D. 1150 to 1450). The reconstructed site, first excavated 1937, 5 mi. SE.
"Johnny Appleseed of the West." Travelled to Oregon 1847 with West Coast's first grafted apple trees. Till 1822 he lived 2 miles NE.
World War I soldier; aviator. Flew for France in Lafayette Escadrille. Killed in action, March 19, 1917. Lived 1 mi. W.