Anne “Annie” Eliza Johns, volunteer nurse, poet, teacher, and author of Cooleemee, A Tale of Southern Life, is buried here with her family in the Church of the Epiphany Cemetery. She was born in Pittsylvania Co.,Va., on July 16, 1831. Her . . . — — Map (db m63047) HM
Built here in 1813 by James Barnett. Later it powered the largest continuously operating textile complex in the northern piedmont. — — Map (db m63015) HM
Industrial experiment nearby in 1892 led to discovery of process for its manufacture. First produced commercially by James T. Morehead. — — Map (db m63016) HM
This marks the location where
on Friday morning May 5th, 2017 at
3:18 a.m. an EF-1 tornado with maximum
winds of 110 mph roared through Eden
cutting a path 375 yards wide and 3.3 miles long.
Fortunately, there was no loss of life or . . . — — Map (db m308955) HM
The Roanoke Navigation Company opened the upper Dan River here for batteau traffic in the 1820s, and the towns of Leaksville (present-day Eden) and Madison became river ports. During the antebellum era, farmers shipped their produce downstream to . . . — — Map (db m63043) HM
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, March 1971, prohibited discriminatory practices by employers. Plaintiffs were Black employees of plant in Eden. — — Map (db m304866) HM
Eden Family YMCA Hall of Famer, outstanding player, organizer, supporter and friend of tennis, not only at the Eden Family YMCA, but throughout Rockingham County and North Carolina. Local and county tennis has made tremendous progress under Jesse . . . — — Map (db m308956) HM
Former Gov. John Motley Morehead built the Leaksville cotton factory here in 1839. Water from the nearby Smith River rapids powered the stone mill. In May and June 1861, the factory furnished 1,700 yards of osnaburg (a coarse, strong cloth . . . — — Map (db m63044) HM
The mural of the river boatmen is a tribute to the men who were responsible for the economic development of the vast interior region along the Dan River. The most prominent figures in the mural, the African American boatmen in the foreground, . . . — — Map (db m251215) HM
