Chartered 1828: opened 1836. Jonathan Worth, N.C. governor (1865-68),
its president. Supplied clothing for Confederate war effort. 2 mi. N. — — Map (db m226569) HM
"Johnny Appleseed of the West." Travelled to Oregon 1847 with West
Coast's first grafted apple trees. Till 1822 he lived 2 miles NE. — — Map (db m243482) HM
Randolph County was formed in 1779, and its government met at the lost town of Johnstonville in New Market Township from 1786 to 1792. After residents petitioned for a more convenient location “in the most central part” of the county, the state . . . — — Map (db m234004) HM
On January 27, 1964, 60 African
Americans were arrested at Hop's
Bar-B-Que and the Little Castle
sandwich shop, part of the
Sunset Theatre. These sit-ins were
part of the national drive for
integration and civil rights. — — Map (db m234009) HM
"Faith Rock" two hundred yards down the river is where Andrew Hunter in 1781 escaping from David Fanning, Tory, rode Fanning's horse, Red Doe, down the rock into the river and to safety. — — Map (db m172035) HM WM
In 1782, captured by Col.
Fanning & loyalists, Andrew
Hunter escaped by riding his
mare down this steep bluff
and jumping into Deep River. — — Map (db m233999) HM
With its headwaters beginning north of here near High Point and Jamestown, the Deep River flows 125 miles through rolling Piedmont hills past many forming mill towns. The Deep joins the Haw River in Chatham County, becoming the Cape Fear River, . . . — — Map (db m172038) HM
Regulator leader & poet. He wrote satirical songs motivating opposition to abusive officials. Fought at Battle of Alamance, 1771. Lived nearby. — — Map (db m243484) HM
Built in 1930 to be the first office building in Randleman for North State Telephone Company at which time served only 85 magneto telephones in the community with 3 digit telephone numbers. — — Map (db m172041) HM
Disabled American Veterans
"Before I conclude the subject of public justice, I cannot omit to mention the obligations this Country is under, to that meritorious Class of veteran . . . — — Map (db m172044) WM
Museum founded 1966 by the
North Randolph Historical Society
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m234014) HM
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby. — — Map (db m172046) HM
Built circa 1780 by Jeduthan Harper,
signer of Halifax Resolves (April 12, 1776);
Lt. Col., Chatham County Minute Men;
appointed by N.C. Provincial Congress to
supervise cannon ball manufacturing for
the American Revolution; later Clerk . . . — — Map (db m239083) HM
(Preface, upper left): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. . . . — — Map (db m58259) HM
