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One of the last surviving covered bridges in North Carolina, built in 1894, stands 500 yards north on Lyles Creek.

Manufacturer of horse-drawn wooden wagons. At peak capacity produced 1000 per month. Operated from 1880 to 1940s 1/10 mile north.

Begun in 18th century by Hartsoe, Hilton, Johnson, Propst, Ritchie, Seagle, and Reinhardt families living in 4 mi. radius.

Lutheran. A precursor of Lenoir-Rhyne College; burned, 1935. Church now on site 1 block south.

Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.

Lutheran. Organized prior to 1798. J. G. Arends was first pastor. Building, the fourth on site, is 1/4 mile east.

Organized before 1771 as a union church by German settlers. Present building erected ca. 1820.

Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor. Home 3 blocks E.

Organized before 1797 by German settlers from Pennsylvania. Present building, erected 1950, stands 2 1/2 miles south.

Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east.