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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rowan County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Rowan County, North Carolina
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| On North Main Street (U.S. 29) at North Main Street (U.S. 29A), on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Militia general. He led expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. Colonial & state official. Lived nearby on Grant's Creek. — — Map (db m70031) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 29) at North Main Street (U.S. 29A), on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | The first mail over an R.F.D. route in N.C. was carried out in China Grove, October 23, 1896. — — Map (db m70030) HM |
| On S Main Street at W Fisher Street, on the left when traveling north on S Main Street. |
| | Studied law under Spruce Macay, 1784 – 85, at an office which stood 1 bl. W. Admitted to the bar in Rowan County, Nov. 6, 1787. — — Map (db m34204) HM |
| On Government Road when traveling south. |
| | 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 E Bank Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On S Main Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m35662) HM |
| On East Innes Street at Long Street on East Innes Street. |
| | Enclosure, 16 acres. Once held 10,000 men. Destroyed by Federals, 1865. Site one block south. — — Map (db m1583) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 29) at West Council Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | This tablet is erected to the memory of Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Patriot 1781 - 1911 — — Map (db m35732) HM |
| On S Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On N Main Street (U.S. 70) when traveling north. |
| | Baptist minister vital to growth of church in N.C. Founder of Mount Zion Church (1867), which is one block W. — — Map (db m35132) HM |
| On N Main Street (U.S. 29) at E Miller Street, on the right when traveling north on N Main Street. |
| | Congressman, 1789 – 93, Comptroller of the United States Treasury, Federalist Party Leader. Home stands 2 blocks east. — — Map (db m34415) HM |
| On S Ellis Street at W Innes Street, on the right when traveling south on S Ellis Street. |
| | Governor, 1859-61. A leader of the secession movement in N. C. Died July, 1861, aged 40. Home stands 1½ blocks south. — — Map (db m34288) HM |
| On W Innes Street at S Ellis Street, on the left when traveling west on W Innes Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Government Road when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On W Innes Street at S Jackson Street, on the left when traveling west on W Innes Street. |
| | A good example of the larger homes built about 1820. Now used by the Rowan Museum. Located ½ block south. — — Map (db m35133) HM |
| On S Main Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m35657) HM |
| On N Church Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Cornwallis’ men buried here in 1781. Granted to city in 1770 by British government. Grave of Gov. John W. Ellis is here. — — Map (db m33947) HM |
| On Government Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | [ 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 |
| On N Main Street (U.S. 29) at W Council Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main Street. |
| | 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 |
| On N Main Street (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On W. Innes Street near Church Street, in the median. |
| | 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 1861 – 1865 [ Left of Monument: ] Soldiers of the Confederacy, Fame has given you . . . — — Map (db m34408) HM |
| On Government Road when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On W Innes Street at Mahaley Road, on the right when traveling north on W Innes Street. |
| | Restored one-room log school of 1840’s. Now located at the Knox Junior High School, ¼ mile east. — — Map (db m35268) HM |
| On N Main Street (U.S. 29) at W Council Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main Street. |
| | Parish established in 1753. Present building constructed in 1828, stands one block west. — — Map (db m34285) HM |
| On N Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Stoneman’s U.S. Cavalry occupied the town of Salisbury, Apr. 12, 1865, and destroyed the Con- federate warehouses, supplies, and prison. — — Map (db m33918) HM |
| On W Innes Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On a raid through west- ern North Carolina Gen. Stoneman’s U. S. Cavalry fought a skirmish with Southern troops near here, April 12, 1865. — — Map (db m33921) HM |
| On State Highway 150, in the median. |
| | 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 |
| On N Main Street (U.S. 29) at W Midway Street, on the right when traveling north on N Main Street. |
| | Colonial trading route, dating from 17th cen- tury from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby. — — Map (db m34416) HM |
| On Government Road when traveling south. |
| | In 18 trenches, just south of this spot, rest the bodies of 11,700 soldiers of the United States Army, who perished during the years 1864 and 1865 while held by the Confederate Military Authorities as prisoners of war in a stockade near this place. . . . — — Map (db m34403) HM |
| On N Main Street (U.S. 29) at W Council Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main Street. |
| | In Patriotic Commemoration of the visit of George Washington on his tour of the Southern States 1791 — — Map (db m35731) HM |
| On N Main Street at W Council Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main Street. |
| | President Washington was a visitor in the town of Salisbury, May 30 – 31, 1791. — — Map (db m33938) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
| | Food Lion, founded in 1957 by Ralph Ketner, Brown Ketner, and Wilson Smith was originally named Food Town and located in what is now the Ketner Center in Salisbury, North Carolina. Grocery prices at the time included ten-pound-bags of potatoes for . . . — — Map (db m103851) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
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Builder: Great Dane Trailers
Manufactured: November 1968
Model: 731T Dry Van
Weight: 12 feet 6 inches
Length: 45 feet
Weight: 13,600 pounds
Capacity: 49,960 pounds
PurchaSe price: $17,608.07
The Great Dane Trailer . . . — — Map (db m103881) HM |
| On Salisbury Avenue (U.S. 29) north of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In commemoration of the 1977 gift to the State of North Carolina by Southern Railway Company of the property and buildings which formerly housed Southern's largest steam locomotive servicing facility. Historic Spencer Shops, North Carolina's . . . — — Map (db m100745) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
| | The Magnetic Signal Company, formed sometime after 1910, received its first patent, on May 19, 1914. The Los Angeles-based company mainly sold its crossing signals to western railroads, such as the Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Pacific Electric . . . — — Map (db m102419) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
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Builder: International Car Company, Kenton, Ohio
Date Complete: April 1976
Cost: $45,000
Built as: Norfolk & Western Railway 555012
In 1976 the Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) placed an order for one hundred new cabooses with the . . . — — Map (db m104595) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
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Railroads use signals for traffic control. They give crews permission for track use.
One of the most interesting signal styles is the position light, first used on the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1915. Instead of one light signifying the signal . . . — — Map (db m102420) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
| | Streetcar #85 was manufactured in Charlotte in 1927 by the Southern Public Utilities Company The trolley ran 11 years in the city, powered by overhead electric wires. It was the last streetcar running and was the centerpiece of a ceremony that . . . — — Map (db m104594) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
| | This 37-stall roundhouse and 100-foot turntable built by the Southern Railway are among the few survivors of a distinctive type of locomotive repair facility that was once common across North America. The radial track and turntable arrangement was . . . — — Map (db m104588) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue. |
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The Muscle of Spencer Shops
While the Bob Julian Roundhouse, located just south of here, provided routine maintenance for Southern Railway's steam locomotives, the Back Shop was where the heavy lifting was done—literally. Locomotives . . . — — Map (db m104590) HM |
| Near South Salisbury Avenue (U.S. 29). |
| | When Southern Railway formed in 1894, its first President, Samuel Spencer, began looking for a location for a new repair facility halfway between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Ga. As Rowan County became the targeted location, former N.C. State . . . — — Map (db m103741) HM |
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