| North Carolina (Catawba County), Hickory — 210MM German Howitzer — Surrendered to U.S. 1918, |
| | Placed here in Memory of the
Men from this community who
participated in the World War
Insert Rededicated by American Legion Post 48 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1957 to all veterans man and women of this area May 24, 1998 — Map (db m18540) |
| North Carolina (Catawba County), Hickory — Frame Church |
| | To your right stood a frame church built by First Presbyterian Church. The first service was Nov. 2, 1878, and was their house of worship until 1905, when it was purchased by Christ Lutheran Church. The Lutherans worshiped here until 1926. It was then used for commercial purposes until 1948 when it was raised. — Map (db m18567) |
| North Carolina (Catawba County), Hickory — Henry Weidner Robinson |
| | Commemorating the memory of Henry Weidner Robinson
This marks the town of Hickory Tavern as incorporated December 12, 1863. The city of Hickory Commemorates Henry Weidner Robinson who in 1859 gave this site as a public common. The citizens of Hickory Further acknowledge his heirs who in 1971 relinquished their reversion rights to any claim of this public common to facilitate the redevelopment of Hickory.
Placed by order of The city Council of Hickory in the Year 1976
Julian G. Whitener, . . . — Map (db m18544) |
| North Carolina (Catawba County), Hickory — Old Hickory Tavern — Birthplace of Hickory |
| | To the rear of this spot stood a log house known in 1799 as Hickory Tavern. This tract of 640 acres was surveyed by Col. Christopher W. Beekman on June 8, 1779 and was granted to William McMullen Oct. 28, 1783 on the south side of this tavern ran the following road
"on May 10, 1769 the Worshipful Court of Rowan County, N.C. Met:
Present
William Temp. Coles • John Ford • John Oliphant, Esquires"
On Petition of sundry inhabitants of the upper part of the Cataba River for . . . — Map (db m18538) |
| North Carolina (Catawba County), Hickory — Tower of Miracles — 2001 |
| | Maryrose Carroll
Millennium Art Committee
City of Hickory — Map (db m18542) |
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