| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Boiling Springs — O-43 — Gardner-Webb University |
| | Baptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993. — Map (db m23547) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Grover — O 6 — Cornwallis |
| | Entered North Carolina
near here. January, 1781,
on his second invasion
of the state, Pursuing
Morgan and Green — Map (db m16819) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Grover — O-59 — Graham's Fort |
| | Home of Col. William Graham. Site of Tory raid, 1780. Served as Revolutionary War fort. Site is 300 yds. N.E. — Map (db m23528) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Grover — O 22 — North Carolina/South Carolina |
| | North Carolina
Colonized, 1585-87, by
First English Settlers
in America; Permanently
Settled C.1650; First To
Vote Readiness For Independence, Apr. 12, 1776
South Carolina
Formed in 1712 from part
of Carolina, which was
Chartered in 1663, It
was first settled by the
English in 1670. One of
the 13 Original States. — Map (db m16820) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Kings Mountain — O 1 — Kings Mountain Battleground |
| | Scene of Decisive
British defeat, Oct.
7, 1780. Seven miles
south in S.C. National
Park — Map (db m17658) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Kings Mountain — O 5 — Kings Mountain Battleground |
| | Site of decisive British
defeat on Oct. 7, 1780.
National Military park
located 5 mi. southeast
in South Carolina. — Map (db m17659) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Kings Mountain — William Andrew Mauney House — Local Historic Landmark |
| | An early settler to Kings Mountain, William Andrew Mauney built a store on this site circa 1870. When Mr. Mauney moved his business to a location in downtown Kings Mountain, he turned the store ninety degrees and added a two story structure to the front to make his home. This is the oldest unaltered home in Kings Mountain and was restored in 1999-2000 by the Kings Mountain Historic Homes Preservation, Inc. under the direction of Mary S. Neisler. — Map (db m17703) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Polkville — O-75 — Mount Harmony United Methodist Church |
| | Congregation organized by 1791. Cemetery and present building, the church's forth, are one mile west. — Map (db m23544) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — Cleveland County Civil War Monument |
| | In honor of the Confederate Heroes of Cleveland County
1861-1865
Lest We Forget — Map (db m23538) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — Cleveland County Korean and Vietnam War Memorial |
| | In honor of the men who served from Cleveland County and in grateful memory, for a grateful people, of these who gave their lives in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
In Memoriam
Korea
Claude Allen •
Elmer G. Allen •
Arthur Berry, Jr. •
Wilford G. Godfrey •
Rufus Huffstickler •
Dan B. Lail •
Harvey Lawson •
Miles E. McCraw •
Thomas H. McKinley •
Stacey A. Mullinax •
Billy Owen •
Vernon D. Stallings •
Logan C. Weathers •
Ralph Whetstine
Vietnam
Donney Wray Anderson •
James . . . — Map (db m23540) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — Cleveland County World War I Memorial — 1917-1919 |
| | Honoring those from Cleveland County, who served in the World War and the following who made the supreme sacrifice
Honor Roll
Harvey N. Allen •
Wm. Barrett •
E. O. Cabaniss •
John Carver •
Calvin Cook •
Ira A. Crabtree •
Broadus V. Doty •
Robert P. Falls •
Otis D. Green •
Geo. W. Hastings •
Frank Hayes •
Butler Hord •
Warren F. Hoyle •
Roy Lattimore •
C. A. McCraw •
G. B. McEntire •
B. C. McSwain •
Reid Morris •
Lawson J. Owens •
William Parker (Col.) . . . — Map (db m23537) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — Cleveland County World War II Memorial — 1941-1945 |
| | In honor of the men and women who served from Cleveland County and in grateful memory, from a grateful people, of these who gave their lives in World War II
[List of 192 names]
May liberty, freedom and justice forever be the guide of our people. — Map (db m23536) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — O-48 — Clyde R. Hoey |
| | United States Senator, 1945-54, congressman, governor, N.C. legislator, lawyer, editor. Home is 1 mi, grave 1.2 mi, N.E. — Map (db m23529) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — Metcalfe Station |
| | Land, original buildings and boxcar given in loving memory of Quincy Hague Metcalfe by the Gene Metcalfe family.
From this site Mr. Q. H. Metcalfe supervised section crews for the Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company, 1899-1943. — Map (db m23546) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — O-27 — O. Max Gardner — 1882-1947 |
| | Governor, 1929-33; under Secretary of U.S. Treasury; appointed Ambassador to Great Britain, 1946. Birthplace stands here, grave 300 yds. N. — Map (db m23533) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — O-24 — Plato Durham |
| | Confederate captain; legislator; member of conventions of 1868, '75; conservative leader in Reconstruction period. His home was 100 ft. S. — Map (db m23535) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — O-72 — Thomas Dixon Jr. — 1864-1946 |
| | Minister, politician, & author. Film "Birth of a Nation" was based on his novel The Clansman. Grave is 1500 ft. N. — Map (db m23531) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — O-71 — W. J. Cash — 1900-1941 |
| | Author of The Mind of the South. Editor & journalist. His grave is located 1600 ft. N. — Map (db m23534) |
| North Carolina (Cleveland County), Shelby — Webbley — Circa 1852 |
| | These grounds are a part of the original 147 acre tract donated by James Love to form the Town of Shelby in 1841. Augustus W. Burton built the original house in 1852; J.A. and Oliver Gardner Anthony overbuilt the 1852 house in 1907. Webbley is named for Judge James L. Webb and Kansas Love Andrews Webb, who purchased the home in 1911. Judge Webb's daughter, Fay Webb Gardner, and her husband, North Carolina Governor and Ambassador to Great Britain O. Max Gardner, lived in the home from 1911 until . . . — Map (db m23543) |
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