Topics Related to Historical Markers

Smiley's Falls (H-42)

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

Egypt Coal Mine (H-41)

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

Plank Road (H-40)

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

Josephus Daniels 1862-1948 (H-39)

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

Meredith College (H-38)

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

Haywood Hall (H-37)

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.

Saint Mary's (H-36)

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

N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences (H-35)

Collection began with 1851 geological survey; a museum since 1879; H. H. Brimley, curator from 1895 to 1946.

N.C. State Fair ,1873-1925 / State Exposition of 1884 / Camp Polk, 1918 (H-34)

Location: Hillsborough Street in RaleighCounty: WakeOriginal Date Cast: 1940(Text of marker follows)

Pettigrew Hospital (H-33)

Site of Confederate hospital, U.S. Army barracks, Confederate Soldiers' Home, 1891-1938.