Tag Archives: N.C. Highway Historical Marker Program

Highway Marker Honors Methodist Orphanage

RALEIGH – The Methodist Orphanage, which later became the Methodist Home for Children, will be saluted with the unveiling of a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. The marker dedication will take place at the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Washington Street in Raleigh.
The Methodist Orphanage was established [...]

Highway Marker Salutes 16th Century Spanish Fort

RALEIGH – In a place called Xuala, Joara, Cuena, and now Morganton, the 16th century Spanish explorer Capt. Juan Pardo and his men constructed a fort. Garrisoned with 30 soldiers and called Fort San Juan, it was the largest of several fortifications Pardo constructed. Within two years all were destroyed. The memory [...]

Highway Marker for Chimney Rock

RALEIGH –Described by a British traveler as “an isolated rock, looming against the sky which is of circular form, and resembles the principal turret of a stupendous castle,” the 315-foot Chimney Rock monolith remains awe inspiring today. The natural marvel is a major tourist destination, and will be recognized by the N.C. Department [...]

Highway Historical Marker Honors Burnt Swamp Association

RALEIGH – For more than 100 years, the Burnt Swamp Association has responded to the religious needs of the American Indian community in southeastern North Carolina. The service to that community is being recognized with a N.C. Highway Historical Marker, to be dedicated on Saturday, June 27, at 10 a.m. on NC Highway 72 [...]

Highway Marker Honors State Dog

RALEIGH – Courageous. Tenacious. Athletic. Loyal. These adjectives describe the Plott Hound, official state dog since 1989. The only breed to originate in North Carolina, Plott hounds became recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1998. Skilled as hunters of bear and big game, the breed will be saluted [...]

Highway Marker Salutes Lewis and Clark’s Courageous Corporal

RALEIGH – A 22-year-old Cpl. Richard Warfington, born in Louisburg, N.C., set out from St. Louis on a breath-taking adventure with the Lewis and Clark “Corps of Discovery” in April 1804. Warfington served with distinction and beyond the call of duty. His exploits will be recognized with the dedication of a North Carolina [...]

Highway Marker Honors American Flyer for France in WWI

RALEIGH – When the crowd gathers on Monday, May 25, to dedicate the latest N. C. Highway Historical Maker, it will be in tribute to James McConnell, an American flyer who died in service to France during World War I. The 2 p.m. ceremony will be held on McReynolds Street in Carthage, across from [...]

N.C. Highway Historical Marker Commemorates 1947 Freedom Riders

RALEIGH – The Feb. 28 dedication of a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker on Columbia Street at 2 p.m. will recall the journey of “Freedom Riders” passing through Chapel Hill. The “Journey of Reconciliation” taken by bus from Washington, D.C., in April 1947, led to disturbances in Chapel Hill and other Southern cities. The marker [...]

Highway Marker for Wachovia Settlement in What is Now Clemmons

RALEIGH –In December 1752, Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg described a future Moravian settlement area by writing “The land we are camped on seems to me to have been reserved for the Brethren, by the Lord.” The spot came to be called Wachovia, and the area is now the Rolling Village development in Clemmons.
A N.C. Historical [...]

Marker Honors Billy Strayhorn and “A” Train

RALEIGH – Perhaps the train trips from Ohio to North Carolina were a factor in stellar jazz composer Billy Strayhorn’s legendary work with Duke Ellington, “Take the A Train,” which is usually associated with New York. The train figuratively stops for dedication of a N.C. Highway Historical Marker for Strayhorn on Saturday, Nov. 29, at [...]