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Sponsored by the State Agricultural Society, it opened 2 blocks South, October 18, 1853. Moved to new location in 1873.

The Cameron-to-Gulf branch (built in 1853) of the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road passed near this spot.

Justice of State Supreme Court, 1938-1950; state legislator and attorney general. Home is here.

Ruins remain of locks and dams built by the Cape Fear & Deep River Navigation Company in 1850s. Rapids extend upstream 1- 1/2 miles.

Operated at intervals, 1856-1929. Aided the Confederate war effort. Site of explosions, 1895 & 1900. Shaft 2 mi. N.

The route of the old Fayetteville-to-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54, crosses highway near this spot.

Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; ambassador to Mexico; author; editor, News and Observer. His home was here.

An independent women’s college chartered 1891 as Baptist Female University. Named 1909 for education advocate Thos. Meredith. Campus here since 1926.

Built 1800-1801 by John Haywood, N.C. treasurer, 1787-1827. Operated now by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in State of N.C.

Episcopal school for girls. Established 1842 by Rev. Aldert Smede on the site of an earlier Episcopal boys school.