Although Morehead is the county seat of Rowan County, other settlements were larger and more progressive in Rowan’s early history. Farmers was the first settlement in Rowan. It quickly grew into a booming town because of its industry.
Located ten . . . — — Map (db m110199) HM
On last tragic raid, the fourth into Kentucky, Morgan's Raiders took Mt. Sterling, then lost it, took Lexington and June 11, 1864 took Cynthiana. Next day USA men under Brig. General S. G. Burbridge dispersed raiders. Morgan then retreated through . . . — — Map (db m110197) HM
Albert W. "Allie" Young (1865-1935) and his father, Col. Z.T. Young, had law offices here. Allie was elected to state senate in 1923 and served until his death. He was a political strategist who helped steer campaigns of Governors Goebel and . . . — — Map (db m73806) HM
A native of nearby Morgan County, Capt. Barber received our nation's highest decoration for bravery for heroically leading his Marine rifle company in a desperate five-day defense of a frozen mountain pass vital to the 1st Marine Division's . . . — — Map (db m120060) HM WM
For Judge John Rowan, 1773-1843. Born Penn., came in 1783 to Ky. Admitted bar, 1795. Member second Ky. Constitutional Convention in 1799. Sec. of State, 1804-06. State Legislature, 10 years. Court of Appeals, 1819-21. U.S. Senate from 1824 to 30. . . . — — Map (db m164260) HM
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during the Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months; twelve by Confederates eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. Courthouse at Morehead burned by guerrillas March 21, 1864, the eastern most . . . — — Map (db m79181) WM
Thomas F. Hargis, a native of Morehead and chief judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, donated four acres of land and $500 in cash to Morehead Normal School in 1889 for the institution’s first classroom building. Hargis Hall, a wooden structure, . . . — — Map (db m110203) HM
President Frank C. Button employed nine persons to constitute the faculty and administrative staff of Morehead State Normal School when it reopened in 1923-24 as a public institution. They included Charles D. Lewis, Academic Dean; Inez F. Humphrey, . . . — — Map (db m110206) HM
A flash flood in Morehead, Kentucky in the early morning hours of July 5, 1939 resulted in 25 deaths.
Geneva Amburgey, age 47 •
Margie Amburgey, age 13 •
Orma Rae Amburgey, age 6 •
Junior Leon Bays, age 11 •
Minerva Boggess, age 77 . . . — — Map (db m164307) HM
1890 · 1940
Memorial Forest
Planted by Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution to honor the
Golden Jubilee
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
October 11, 1940 — — Map (db m226260) HM
Established in Rowan County, Ky., in 1911, by Mrs. Cora W. Stewart, “to emancipate from illiteracy those enslaved in its bondage.” Because the people had to labor by day it was decided to have the schools on moonlight nights so the moon . . . — — Map (db m73816) HM
Quilting and farming are two important aspects of Kentucky culture. Pairing a barn with a quilt pattern not only honors both, but recognizes the rural heritage that has been the fabric of America since colonial days. The Foothills Quilt Trail . . . — — Map (db m73807) HM
Feud violence came to climax in summer of 1887, when Logan and Hiram Pigman led faction that surrounded Craig Tolliver and his men. Resulting shoot-out ended in deaths of Tolliver and three others. State militia was sent in three times to restore . . . — — Map (db m73849) WM
In memory of those who died during the Rowan County War (Tolliver-Martin Feud) 1884-1887
Solomon Bradley 1884 • Stewart Bumgardner 1885 • Stewart Caudill 1885 • Hiram Cooper 1887 • John C. Day 1886 • John G. Hughes 1884 • H.M. (Mason) Keeton 1887 . . . — — Map (db m164309) HM
To the boys of Rowan County who gave
their lives in the service of their
country during the World War, this
monument is honorably dedicated.
Andrew Alfrey, Morehead. •
Elisha Conn, Smile. •
Earl Cornette, Clearfield. •
William . . . — — Map (db m164335) WM
As its primary support of the war effort in World War II, this campus hosted the training of more than 4,400 sailors as shipboard electricians between June 1942 and July 1944. The U.S. Navy Training School (Electrical) had 600 trainees at a time, . . . — — Map (db m110205) HM
Founded as a laboratory school for teacher training, served the community well by providing a quality education for children grades kindergarten through twelve — — Map (db m120062) HM
Home of the Knox family since colonial days. James Knox, grandfather of President James Knox Polk, lived there. House stood 4 miles west. — — Map (db m182010) HM
You are now standing on grounds of the oldest church of any denomination or institution in the western half of NC there possesses legal documentation for proof of age. Land grants were made in this area in 1747 and the meeting house that became . . . — — Map (db m182002) HM
Introduced bill, 1885, for industrial school, now N.C. State University. Speaker of House, 1889: prison reformer. Taught at academy here. — — Map (db m237131) HM
Let this plaque forever remind the
children of Prospect Presbyterian
Church that: near this spot in the
early 1800's, the stone was set for
the first church at Prospect.
In the 1850's the second
church was built nearby — — Map (db m237150) HM
This property has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Dept. of Interior.
“… built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as
the chief cornerstone.” . . . — — Map (db m237122) HM
Four houses of worship have served the Thyatira congregation the first, called lower meeting house was constructed of logs approximately 100 yards west of this site around 1749. The name was changed to Cathey's Meeting House around 1755. The second, . . . — — Map (db m181991) HM
Presbyterian. Founded by 1750.Present building completed in 1860. First permanent minister was Samuel McCorkle, who is buried 600 yards N. — — Map (db m181987) HM
Arends
Johann Gottfried Arends
December 11, 1740-July 9, 1807
He came here as a teacher in 1773, German church leaders complied with the request from sixty Rowan families carried by Christopher Lyerly and Christopher Rendleman, . . . — — Map (db m181950) HM
In memory of WW I veterans
In memory of WW II veterans
In memory of Korean veterans
In memory of Vietnam veterans
In memory of Bosnia veterans
In memory of Desert Storm veterans
In memory of Saudi Arabia veterans
In memory of Iraq . . . — — Map (db m175777) WM
Delta Xi Omega Chapter
Chartered April 19, 1947
Salisbury, North Carolina
On April 19, 1947, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated®, Delta Xi Omega Chapter was chartered
in Salisbury, North Carolina by Clarissa K. Dillard,
South . . . — — Map (db m238884) HM
Built by William Cole Blackmer. Lived in by generations of Woodsons, a family prominent in medicine, law, business, and politics. The families of Horatio N. Woodson, Dr. Charles Whitehead Woodson, and H. Nelson Woodson lived here.
Given by . . . — — Map (db m238715) HM
From this town Richard Henderson in Behalf of Henderson and Company dispatched Daniel Boone, John Findlay, John Stuart, Joseph Holden, James Mooney and William Cooley to explore the wilderness of Kentucky. — — Map (db m175793) HM
You are facing the 18 trenches used by the Salisbury Confederate Prison for the burial of prisoners, most of whom died after October 1864. — — Map (db m35270) HM
On November 2, 1861, the Confederate government purchased about 16 acres here for a prison. The tract included an abandoned three-story cotton mill, a boiler house, six tenements, a superintendent’s house, and several smaller buildings. A stockade . . . — — Map (db m34202) HM
Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened at Newton, 1851. Moved here, 1925, and enlarged. — — Map (db m238969) HM
Wrote more than forty novels, odes and poems. "The Land of the Sky" has been an inspiration to all who have read it, and many travelers have visited North Carolina to enjoy scenic beauties so graphically described by her. — — Map (db m175786) HM
Settled by Scotch-Irish in 1747, coming from Pennsylvania along the “Great Wagon Road”. Established as the county seat in 1753. Named after the cathedral town (New Sarum) in England. Largest city in western North Carolina in the 18th and 19th . . . — — Map (db m35662) HM
The property at this corner of Church and Fisher Streets was the location of a three-week revival that in 1887 initiated the textile industry in Rowan County. The Salisbury Public Art Committee designed a bronze history marker for the site and . . . — — Map (db m175782) HM
This mural depicts Salisbury at the turn of the 20th century. Local artist Cynvia Arthur Rankin completed the 127' × 48.5' mural over three years. The mural was dedicated on November 30, 1980. One hundred forty-one local citizens in period . . . — — Map (db m175779) HM
In 1859, Dr. Josephus Wells Hall bought this house, which was constructed in 1820 as the Salisbury Female Academy, and added a new entrance and the double veranda with lacey ironworks. Inside, he had ornate French wallpaper hung and the hall . . . — — Map (db m34279) HM
Large Jacobean-style mansion built
1900-1903 by E. B. C. Hambley using
local granite from the Whitney Mine.
Purchased by the Leo Wallace, Sr.
family in 1927. Restored in 2011-12
by Mona Lisa and Leo Wallace, III.
Listed on National Register . . . — — Map (db m238749) HM
Friendless, penniless, and above, he took his own life, and died at the age of eighty — this man who had shaken the Republic from center to circumference and who at a critical period had held and filled the center of the stage. . . . — — Map (db m175792) HM
"The principle use of the Deagan Tower Chimes is…to carry the message of Christ and Christianity beyond the walls of the church building into the hearts and homes and homes of the entire community"
The J.C. Deagan Company of Chicago, Illinois . . . — — Map (db m175787) HM
Born in West Africa's Gold Coast (now Ghana), James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey enrolled at Livingstone College in 1898 & later joined the faculty. In 1920 he returned to Africa where he influenced the course of post colonialism. In 1905 Aggrey married . . . — — Map (db m238759) HM
John Willis Ellis was born November 20, 1820, in the area of Rowan County which later became a part of the new county of Davidson. In 1842 he opened his law office at No. 2 Cowan's Row, located in this block. Early in his career he won a seat in . . . — — Map (db m175778) HM
United States Senator, 1903-30, a leading supporter of Wilson’s war policies, Speaker of the House of Representatives. His home is here. — — Map (db m34286) HM
Founded as Zion Wesley Institute, 1879. Became College in 1885. Rev. J.C. Price president 1882-93. Named for British missionary. 5 blocks west. — — Map (db m238747) HM
Lynching in America Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. After slavery ended, many white people remained committed to racial hierarchy and used . . . — — Map (db m238719) HM
Spruce Macay (1755-1808), prominent local attorney, law teacher and judge, built his office on this lot. Andrew Jackson, U.S. President and William R. Davie, Revolutionary war hero and founder of the University of North Carolina studied under Macay . . . — — Map (db m175783) HM
Maine’s tribute to her soldiers who died while prisoners of war at Salisbury, N.C. 1864 – 1865 [ Right of Monument: ] “They fought for peace, - for peace they fell, - they sleep in peace, and all is well.” [ Rear of . . . — — Map (db m34406) HM
When Dr. L. J. Meroney and his sister Lena built the theater in 1905, its large seating capacity attracted professional troupes to Salisbury. Two of the most famous thespians of the day, the “Divine” Sarah Bernhardt and the glamorous Lillian . . . — — Map (db m35657) HM
In 1923, became Salisbury's
new Black public school.
It was originally named
Joseph C. Price High School
in honor of Livingstone
College's first president.
The first principal was
Professor L. Hamilton Hall.
In 1932, the school . . . — — Map (db m238802) HM
This property
Mount Zion
Baptist Church
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
December 30, 1985 — — Map (db m238713) HM
Established 1768. Land given to German Lutheran congregation by John Lewis Beard. Contains graves of German, Scotch-Irish, and English settlers. Site of only church building in Salisbury for about 50 years. Wall built 1878. — — Map (db m228954) HM
[ Left Tablet: ] This monument is erected by authority of an Act of the Pennsylvania Legislature approved June 13th 1907. To commemorate the patriotic devotion, heroism, and self-sacrifice of the officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m34410) HM
The Old Rowan County Courthouse, a visible reminder of Salisbury’s antebellum prosperity, was erected in 1855 and is one of North Carolina’s finest Greek Revival-style public buildings. It served as Rowan’s third courthouse until 1914. Salisbury . . . — — Map (db m34278) HM
Erected by the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in memory of the Rowan County boys who fought in the World War - 1919 — — Map (db m35736) HM
In 1856 Nathaniel Boyden and other investors established the North Carolina Foundry and Agricultural Machine Works. It was located on East Kerr Street on an acre lot lying between the railroad and Long Street. The property, with its three large . . . — — Map (db m238692) HM
In memory of Rowan's Confederate Soldiers that their heroic deeds, sublime self-sacrifice and undying devotion to duty and Country may never be forgotten
Soldiers of the Confederacy, Fame has given you an imperishable crown. History will . . . — — Map (db m195015) WM
Religious fervor provided the impetus for establishing Rowan County's post-Civil War textile industry. On November 9, 1887, during a three-week revival held in the Farmer's Warehouse on this site, the Reverend R.G. Pearson, a visiting evangelist, . . . — — Map (db m175781) HM
1817: Townsmen donate $415. "We … do promise to pay to the Commissioners of the Town of Salisbury … to procure an engine and other fire apparatus … for the safety of the town." Witnessed 12/8/1817.
1866: A new fire engine was purchased . . . — — Map (db m175796) HM
Salisbury Prison and Trench Graves Salisbury Prison was established by the Confederate government in October 1861 on the site of an old cotton factory. In preparation for the first prisoners, a portion of the grounds was enclosed by a stockade . . . — — Map (db m34398) HM
June 15, 1920—First formal meeting, installation of local officers, and presentation of its charter from Rotary International was held on the roof garden of the Wallace Building (now The Plaza).
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman’s U. S. Cavalry fought a skirmish with Southern troops near here, April 12, 1865. — — Map (db m33921) HM
Stoneman’s U.S. Cavalry occupied the town of Salisbury, Apr. 12, 1865, and destroyed the Confederate warehouses, supplies, and prison. — — Map (db m33918) HM
Charles Sparks chose Salisbury as the winter home for his Sparks World-Famous Shows (1910-1916 & 1918-1919) because of its north-south and east-west railways and the nearby Spencer Shops that could refurbish the circus train. Each year, before . . . — — Map (db m238709) HM
In 1909 twelve ladies, led by Mrs. James Preston Moore (nee Beulah Stewart), organized the Travelers' Club for the purpose of becoming well informed on foreign countries and other subjects. "Miss Beulah," as she was affectionately known, was . . . — — Map (db m175785) HM
Dug in the mid-1700s, it was last used by the A.H. Boyden family in the early 1900s. The well was the source of water for those who resided on this property, notably the familes of Adlai Osborne, Archibald Henderson, and Spruce Macay, along with his . . . — — Map (db m175784) HM
On famous trading path used by Indians and early settlers. There Greene, retreating from Cornwallis, crossed on Feb. 2, 1781. East 1 mi. — — Map (db m33930) HM
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