Historical Markers in Stanly County, North Carolina

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Historical Markers in Stanly County, North Carolina

1► North Carolina, Stanly County, Badin — L-97 — Hardaway Site —

Archaeological site key to understanding earliest native population. Its occupation dates to ca. 10,000 B.C. One mi. N.E. — — Map (db m175742) HM

2► North Carolina, Stanly County, Badin — L-95 — L'Aluminium Français —

French company in 1913 began Narrows Dam and town named for Adrien Badin, president Southern Aluminum, a subsidiary. Office stood ½ mi. N.W. — — Map (db m175740) HM

3► North Carolina, Stanly County, Badin — The Town of Badin —

The Town of Badin and the Narrows Dam on the Yadkin River were important in the history of hydroelectric engineering, industry, and community planning in North Carolina.

The River Yadkin is reduced about twenty-five . . . — — Map (db m175741) HM

4► North Carolina, Stanly County, Norwood — L-51 — Fight at Colson's —

Colonel William Lee Davidson's Whig militia defeated Colonel Samuel Bryan's Tories, in July 1780, a few miles S.E. — — Map (db m77368) HM

5► North Carolina, Stanly County, Norwood — L-83 — Randall's United Methodist Church —

First services held ca. 1785 by Jesse Lee & Bishop Asbury in home of John Randle. Fifth building, 1974. ¾ mile East. — — Map (db m175739) HM

6► North Carolina, Stanly County, Richfield — L-98 — Barringer Mine —

Gold discovery in 1825 by Mathias Barringer launched the state's subsurface gold mining industry. Site 2 mi. W. — — Map (db m175744) HM

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