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State prison site since 1869. Original buildings completed in 1884. First supt., W. J. Hicks. New facility finished 1983.

Organized in 1856 in the Guion Hotel, which stood here. Dr. W. F. Bason, Haw River, first president.

United States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn. Home is 100 yds. W., grave is two miles S.E.

Congressman, 1901-1934, Chairman House Rules Committee during parts of administrations of Wilson, F. D. Roosevelt. Grave is 200 yds. south.

Baptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.

Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865.

United States Senator, 1931-1946. A Baptist leader and editor of "The Biblical Recorder." Home was here.

Soil conservation land mark. Erosion-checking terrace built ca. 1885 by Priestley H. Mangum 2 mi. north. Technique adopted across the U.S.

Presbyterian, founded in 1757 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the third, erected about 1895, is 200 yds. northeast.

Opened in 1869, it was first state-supported school in U.S. for African American blind & deaf students. Located on this site 1929-1977.