Primary training site for U.S. Army airborne troops in World War II. Established 1943; named for Private John Thomas Mackall. Two miles W. — — Map (db m88662) HM
Gen. Kilpatrick's Union cavalry repulsed Gen. Hampton's Confederate cavalry there, March 10, 1865, ten miles north. Now in Fort Bragg area. — — Map (db m31246) HM
General Sherman, with a part of his army, on March 9-10, 1865, camped here at Bethel Presbyterian Church (organized before 1800). — — Map (db m31255) HM
Opened in 1908. First state institution in North Carolina for treating tuberculosis. Sponsored by Dr. J. E. Brooks of Greensboro. — — Map (db m31252) HM
(west side)
World War I
Apr. 6, 1917
Nov. 11, 1918
(south side)
World War II
Dec. 7, 1941
Dec. 31, 1946
(east side)
Korea
June 27, 1950
Jan. 31, 1955
(north side) . . . — — Map (db m244655) WM
Rendezvous point for local Tories. Near here on Sept. 1, 1781, David Fanning's men routed a Whig force under Thomas Wade. Stood 1.7 mi. W. — — Map (db m31257) HM