Entries Containing All of the Phrases «stokes county» AND «north carolina»

By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 25, 2022

Lankford Cave Secondary Marker

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Indiana, Spencer County, Rockport — Historical Site – Lankford Cave —

At the age of 24, James Lankford (Langford) and his family left their home in Stokes County, North Carolina probably traveling through the Cumberland Gap across Daniel Boone's wilderness road, the most direct route from North Carolina to Indiana . . . — — Map (db m207180) HM

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2 ► North Carolina, Wake County, Raleigh, Downtown — H-48 — North Carolina Museum of History —

Collection gathered by Fred Olds merged 1902 with state's artifacts to create Hall of History. Moved here in 1994. — — Map (db m32540) HM

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3 ► North Carolina, Stokes County, Danbury — Moratock Iron Furnace — Rural Ironworks — Confederate Lifeline —

During the Civil War, the Confederacy relied on small rural ironworks for the metals needed to manufacture cannons, swords, and firearms. The furnace here, owned by the Moratock Mining and Manufacturing Company, was typical of the charcoal blast . . . — — Map (db m34156) HM

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4 ► North Carolina, Forsyth County, Bethania — Bethania — Established 1759 —

The Moravian Church is a Protestant denomination tracing its roots to the followers of Jan Hus. A Czech priest and reformer, Hus was martyred for his faith in 1415. The Moravians founded a church body dedicated to a simple and devout life. For . . . — — Map (db m140201) HM

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5 ► Alabama, Bibb County, Brierfield — Absalom Pratt House —

Absalom Pratt built this house 8 miles west of here circa 1835 though a section was constructed earlier. It was moved to this site in 1994 by the Cahaba Trace Commission, restored by the Alabama Historic Ironworks Commission, 1997-98, and dedicated . . . — — Map (db m37078) HM

6 ► North Carolina, Stokes County, Danbury — Moody Tavern — Stoneman's Headquarters — Confederate Lifeline —

Early in April 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman’s cavalry moved from Tennessee into Virginia and then south through Danbury to destroy railroad track, warehouses, and supplies that supported Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Stoneman . . . — — Map (db m77678) HM

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7 ► North Carolina, Rockingham County, Reidsville — J-59 — Lenox Castle —

Also called Rockingham Springs. Council of State met here, 1790. Owned by John Lenox, Archibald D. Murphey, & Thomas Ruffin. Famous health resort. — — Map (db m214867) HM

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8 ► North Carolina, Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, Oldtown — 5 — The Potter's House • 1782 — North Carolina's first documented wheel-thrown, kiln-fired pottery was made in Bethabara. —

Pottery played a leading role in establishing Bethabara as a major center of trade. The large-scale pottery operation in Bethabara was not only the first documented in the North Carolina colony, but it was also the most influential, with the . . . — — Map (db m234125) HM

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9 ► North Carolina, Currituck County, Moyock — A-16 — Dividing Line —

In 1728 the Virginia-Carolina boundary was first surveyed from the Atlantic coast to a spot two hundred twenty miles west of here. — — Map (db m2762) HM

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