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Established for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead. Present plant is 3 blocks south.
Established for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead. Present plant is 500 yards north.
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.