| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Chimney Rock — Hickory Nut Gorge — From Raiders to Pursuers — Stoneman's Raid |
| | (Preface): On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, the North Carolina Railroad, and the Piedmont Railroad. He struck at Boone on March 28, headed into Virginia on April 2, and returned to North Carolina a week later. Stoneman's Raid ended at Asheville on April 26, the day that Confederate Gen. . . . — Map (db m12890) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Cliffside — Get Up Bell |
| | In the early 1900's when Cliffside Mill was built, a bell tower was erected to house this bell. It towered above the mill and looked out over the town. This bell was named the "Get Up Bell" by the people of Cliffside. The bell was rung as follows:
Times Rung Indicating to the people of Cliffside
5:30 A.M. • Time to get up
6:30 A.M. • Time to leave home for work
6:50 A.M. • Ten minutes before start up time
12:00 Noon • Lunch time
12:50 P.M. • Ten minutes until time to start . . . — Map (db m14572) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — O-31 — Elisha Baxter |
| | Governor of Arkansas, 1873-74; Union colonel in Civil War; elected to U.S. Senate, 1864, but not seated. Birthplace stood 4 1/2 miles S.E. — Map (db m14575) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — First Baptist Church |
| | Organized as Cool Springs Baptist Church in John Bostick home in 1848-met there until 1855, about 500 feet west. First log Meeting House and Cemetery on Vance Street, 1855-1867. Second church house located in present Cool Springs Cemetery, 1867-1889. Church deeded cemetery to town of Forest City in 1938. Third church house (Forest City Baptist) was located on this site and was first brick building in Forest City, 1889-1915. Served as public school 1915-1922. Site of parsonage 1923-1985. Fourth . . . — Map (db m14584) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Forest City |
| | 1887
Forest City
Main Street
Historic District
National Register of
Historic Places
The town of Forest City
was originally incorporated
as Burnt Chimney in 1877. — Map (db m14583) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Forest City Confederate Memorial |
| | To the memory of
Capt. H.D. Lee
and Company D 16th Regiment,
who were the first to leave from
Rutherford County for the
War Between The States
June 3rd, 1861, and
Capt. J.B. Eaves
and Company I 50th Regiment,
who left in April 1862.
Both companies departed from this sacred spot.
Also to the memory of
A.H. McDaniel
Co. I 50th Regiment,
Commander of the Davis-Dickerson-Mills
camp of Rutherford County
Confederate Veterans.
This site was the muster ground . . . — Map (db m14582) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — O 21 — 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 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 m13046) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Old Cool Springs Cemetery — 1840 - 1873 |
| | Site of Cool Springs Baptist Church, now First Baptist Church, organized in John Bostick Home, 1848. First log meeting house 1855-1867. First church and cemetery in settlement. — Map (db m19995) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Police Memorial |
| | In Memory of
Left Panel
Captain Roy Huskey
Rutherford County
Sheriff's Department
Born May 25, 1931
Shot and killed in the
line of duty in rural
Rutherford County
May 31, 1979
Center Panel
Trooper
R.L. "Pete
Peterson
N.C. State
Highway Patrol
Born January 29, 1942
shot and killed in the
line of duty in rural
Rutherford County
May 31, 1979
Right Panel
Sergeant
Millard Owen
Messersmith
Rutherford County
Sheriff's . . . — Map (db m14580) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Rutherford County Memorial |
| | In (sic) memorian
Rutherford County boys who made the
supreme sacrifice
[List of names] — Map (db m14578) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Forest City — Town of Burnt Chimney |
| | Town of Burnt Chimney
1877-1887
Changed to Forest City
1887
100th Anniversary 1977 — Map (db m19971) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Henrietta — Raleigh Rutherford Haynes / Simpson Bobo Tanner — 1885 |
| | are known as the fathers of the textile industry in Rutherford County. Near this site was located the first textile mill. — Map (db m14573) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Henrietta — The High Shoal Ironworks Village |
| | Among early landowners at the Great Fall on Second Broad River were Richard Henderson, a founder of the short-lived state of Transylvania, and Abner Nash, governor of North Carolina in 1780-81. Later owners used the water power of the High Shoal for a smithy, mill, and ironworks. The ironworks was founded in the 1790's by Mark Bird, a friend of Benjamin Franklin, and Peter Fisher. Achilles Durham owned the ironworks as it declined in the 1840's. The village had a smithy, a store and office, a . . . — Map (db m14574) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Logan — O 36 — Brittain Church |
| | Presbyterian, organized 1768. Present building, the third, erected 1852, brick - veneered 1940. — Map (db m20340) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Logan — Fort McGaughey |
| | Near this site stood
Fort McGaughey, which
was constructed
during the
Revolutionary War
period and named for
Alexander McGaughey. — Map (db m20343) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Logan — Rutherford Trace |
| | General Griffith Rutherford stationed at Fort McGaughey, built by the Colonial government of NC in 1765. He left McGaughey September 1780 with Col. James Martin and Col. Martin Armstrong going against the Cherokee Indians beyond the Blue Ridge. The route traveled was known as the Rutherford Trace. — Map (db m20342) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Ruth — Rev. James Milton Webb |
| | Born October 2, 1802, a Baptist minister; first moderator of the Green River Baptist Association.
He built this house known as "The Webb House" in 1825; served in the House of Commons; Clerk of Superior Court; published a Rutherford County newspaper.
Gardner Webb College was named for his descendants. He was buried on this property April 24, 1854. — Map (db m20345) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — O-16 — Bechtler's Mint |
| | Established 1831, four miles N., by Christopher Bechtler.
Later stood at this point. Minted more than $2 1/4 million in gold. Closed about 1849. — Map (db m14599) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — First Baptist Church — Rutherfordton, North Carolina |
| | Established 1851
"the just shall live by faith" — Map (db m19969) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — James Adair |
| | In 1787 fifty acres of land were purchased from James Adair for founding of Rutherford Town, which serves as the second county seat. — Map (db m14594) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — O-37 — Joshua Forman |
| | Founder of Syracuse, N.Y., early advocate of Erie Canal. Moved to N. Carolina, 1829. Land and mining speculator.
Grave is 50 yds. east. — Map (db m14598) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — Rutherford County |
| | Rutherford County, created in 1779, was named for Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford. Griffith Rutherford helped protect Rutherford County through his service as leader of Rutherford Trace in 1776. While serving in the Revolutionary War, Griffith Rutherford was stationed in forts in Rutherford County. — Map (db m14590) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — Rutherfordton Confederate Monument |
| | To the men
and women of
the Confederacy.
"Devotion" — Map (db m14588) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — St. John's Episcopal Church |
| | Completed in 1847. The oldest original church building standing in Rutherford County. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. — Map (db m14595) |
| North Carolina (Rutherford County), Rutherfordton — O 10 — Stoneman's Raid |
| | On a raid through Western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry passed through Rutherfordton, April 21, 1865. — Map (db m19973) |
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