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Chartered 1887. Opened 1889 as a land grant college. Since 1931 campus of Consolidated University.

Important source of munitions during the American Revolution, operated occasionally since. Furnace was 100 yards southwest.

Chartered in 1835 and completed in 1840. Length 85 miles. Its southern terminus was 400 ft. W.

Est. 1833. Horses hauled granite for the Capitol over a railroad from a quarry 1 1/4 miles S.E.

Journalist, editor, and publisher. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-1918. His birthplace stood 400 yards north.

Educator and first president of what is now UNC-Greensboro, 1891-1906. Boyhood home is 200 yds. W.

Cornwallis, following the battle of Guilford Courthouse, spent several days building a bridge over Deep River, at point 300 yards N.W.

Commander of the famous Confederate cruiser, "Shenandoah," lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west.

Governor, 1849-51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N.

David Fanning and his Tories captured many Whig leaders here at old Chatham Courthouse, July, 1781.