101 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-62 — Charles H. Mebane —

On Northwest Boulevard (Business U.S. 321) at West 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Northwest Boulevard.

Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor. Home 3 blocks E. — — Map (db m156744) HM

102 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Civil War Raid Through Western North Carolina —

On State Highway 16 at W A Street, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 16.

On a Civil War raid through Western North Carolina by Gen. George Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry troops commanded by Col. William J. Palmer passed through Newton on April 17, 1865, burned the Confederate Commissary depot and the county jail, and shot and . . . — — Map (db m152421) HM

103 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-23 — Hoke Smith —

On South College Avenue, 0.1 miles north of East Herman Street, on the left when traveling north.

Secretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then located at this point. — — Map (db m156714) HM

104 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Lutheran Church Tablet —

On Old Conover-Startown Road, 0.1 miles West 7th Street, on the right when traveling north.

This tablet is dedicated to the Glory of God and the commemorate the unbroken record of the preaching of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ on or near this site since 1757 A.D. This church, known as Old St. Paul's Church, first known as "Dutch . . . — — Map (db m156757) HM

105 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-68 — M.L. McCorkle — 1817-1899 —

On State Highway 16 at W A Street, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 16.

Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here. — — Map (db m152420) HM

106 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Old Court House Well —

On East A Street at North College Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East A Street.

Beneath this marker is the "Old Court House Well" Dug 1842 Sealed 1908 During those years it was the public water supply for Newton — — Map (db m156717) HM

107 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-63 — Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church —

On Old Conover-Startown Road at West 7th Street, on the right when traveling north on Old Conover-Startown Road.

Organized before 1771 as a union church by German settlers. Present building erected ca. 1820. — — Map (db m156745) HM

108 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Rutherford's March Tribute —

On North College Avenue at East A Street, on the left when traveling north on North College Avenue.

A tribute to Mathias Barringer, Lipsicom Adam, - Grundt, - Haas, - Wilson, and another, who were massacred on John's River in Gen. Rutherford's "forced march" against the Cherokees in 1776, and to Philip Fry who alone escaped, and to Conrad Tippong, . . . — — Map (db m156715) HM WM

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109 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Wilson Warlick — 1892-1978 —

On Southwest Boulevard (Business U.S. 321) 0.1 miles south of Radio Station Road (North Carolina Road 1154), on the right when traveling south.

Judge of United States District Court, 1949-1978, NC Superior Court Judge, 1931-1949, first chairman of NC Probation Commission and WWI veteran. Home stands 100 yards east. — — Map (db m240664) HM

110 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton, Startown — Startown School —

On Startown Road (State Road 1005) at Empire Street, on the right when traveling south on Startown Road.

Founded 1904. First graded school in what is now City of Newton. From 1914 to 1931 was site of Startown Farm Life School, an innovative state-supported high school integrating agriculture and home economics in curriculum. Continues as an . . . — — Map (db m240666) HM

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