 view gallery NE12.1 km
|   Rural Electrification, E-111
in North Carolina Historical Markers New Deal program set up cooperatives to bring power to farms. In N.C., first switch thrown on Apr. 17, 1937, one mi. N. posted by:  drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 11/11/2006 last visited: 01/13/2008 |
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|  Otter Creek Bridge Skirmish "...difficult ...to carry" - Falkland NC
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led his cavalrymen through Falkland on Sunday evening, July 19, 1863, on the way to Tarboro and Rocky Mount. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/20/2020 last visited: 10/08/2021 |
 view gallerySE12.9 km | Otter Creek Bridge Skirmish - Falkland NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led his cavalrymen through Falkland on, July 19, 1863, on the way to Tarboro and Rocky Mount. The next day, Potter encountered 150 Confederate soldiers under Maj. Thomas Claiborne at the Otter Creek Bridge. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/14/2023 last visited: 04/14/2023 |
 view gallerySE12.9 km |  Otter Creek Bridge Skirmish - Falkland NC
in Battlefields Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led his cavalrymen through Falkland on, July 19, 1863, on the way to Tarboro and Rocky Mount. The next day, Potter encountered 150 Confederate soldiers under Maj. Thomas Claiborne at the Otter Creek Bridge. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/14/2023 last visited: 04/14/2023 |
 view gallerySE12.9 km |  You Are Here Maps - Otter Creek Bridge Skirmish - Falkland NC
in 'You Are Here' Maps The You Are Here Map shows that you are at the location of the historic marker on S. Main Street, Falkland NC posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/14/2023 last visited: 04/14/2023 |
 view galleryNE13.8 km | Freedom Hill, Marker E-97 in North Carolina Historical Markers Community established here by freed blacks in 1865. Incorporated as Princeville in 1885. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 09/04/2013 |
 view galleryNE14 km | Historic Princeville From Slavery to Freedom Hill - Princeville NC in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, thousands of slaves escaped to U.S. Army lines, and more than thirty African Americans from Edgecombe County enlisted in the 35th, 36th, and 37th U.S. Colored Troops, 14th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, and U.S. Navy. After the war, former slaves sought refuge at a U.S. Army camp located here on the plantations of John Lloyd and Lafayette Dancy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 05/02/2020 last visited: 10/08/2021 |
 view galleryNE14 km |  Historic Princeville-From Slavery to Freedom Hill - Princeville NC
in Civil Rights Memorials During the Civil War, thousands of slaves escaped to U.S. Army lines, and more than thirty African Americans from Edgecombe County enlisted in the 35th, 36th, and 37th U.S. Colored Troops, 14th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, and U.S. Navy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/24/2023 last visited: 04/24/2023 |
 view galleryNE14 km | Historic Princeville-From Slavery to Freedom Hill - Princeville NC in U.S. Civil War Sites During the Civil War, thousands of slaves escaped to U.S. Army lines, and more than thirty African Americans from Edgecombe County enlisted in the 35th, 36th, and 37th U.S. Colored Troops, 14th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, and U.S. Navy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/24/2023 last visited: 04/24/2023 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | George H. White (E116) in North Carolina Historical Markers George H. White (E116) 1852-1918 - Represented the state's "Black Second" district. U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress for 72 years. Lived two blocks east. posted by: DukeRoom location: North Carolina date approved: 09/12/2013 last visited: 06/30/2017 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km |  U.S.S. Maine Memorial --- Tarboro North Carolina
in Spanish-American War Memorials Two plaques are set into a rough-hewn stone. The upper plaque has a bas relief of Liberty, wearing a Phrygian cap and holding a shield, saluting the U.S.S. Maine as it sinks. posted by: Countrydragon location: North Carolina date approved: 01/25/2010 last visited: 05/04/2012 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | Knights of Labor (E122) in North Carolina Historical Markers Knights of Labor (E122) - Black farmworkers in region affiliated with labor union, 1886-1890. Precursor to the Fusion movement. State convention held here, 1890. posted by: DukeRoom location: North Carolina date approved: 09/12/2013 last visited: 09/20/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | John Spencer Bassett, Marker E-95 in North Carolina Historical Markers 1867-1928. Historian. Professor at Trinity College, 1864-1906. Secretary, Amer. Historical Association, 1919-1928. Born here. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 05/04/2012 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | Henry T. Clark, Marker E-65 in North Carolina Historical Markers Governor of North Carolina, 1861-1862. Speaker of the State Senate. Helped organize the State for war. Grave is 3 blocks E. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 06/30/2017 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | W. L. Saunders, Marker E-40 in North Carolina Historical Markers Editor "Colonial Records of North Carolina," Confederate colonel, N.C. Secretary of State, 1879-91. His grave is four blocks east. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 09/04/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | W. D. Pender, Marker E-41 in North Carolina Historical Markers Confederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 blocks east. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 09/05/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | John C. Dancy, Marker E-85 in North Carolina Historical Markers 1857-1920. Editor of A.M.E. Zion Church papers; orator; a delegate to Methodist world conference; customs collector of Wilmington. Home stood 3 blks. E. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 06/30/2017 |
 view galleryNE14.5 km |  Edgecombe County Courthouse - Tarboro, NC
in Courthouses This is the Edgecombe County Courthouse located in Tarboro, NC. posted by: DukeRoom location: North Carolina date approved: 09/06/2013 last visited: 09/20/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.5 km |  Norfleet Cotton Press
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Norfleet cotton press, located in Tarboro, NC. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 02/17/2007 last visited: 06/28/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.5 km |  Time Capsule - Tarboro, NC
in Time Capsules This time capsule is located at the base of a monument to Col. L.D. Wilson in the town commons of Tarboro, NC. posted by: geodave88 location: North Carolina date approved: 07/09/2008 last visited: 05/04/2012 |
 view galleryNE14.6 km | Washington's Southern Tour, Marker E-24 in North Carolina Historical Markers President Washington spent the night, April 18, 1791, in the town of Tarboro. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 09/04/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.6 km | Town Common, Marker E-18 in North Carolina Historical Markers Established in 1760 by the Legislative Act which created the colonial town of Tarboro. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 09/04/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.6 km | Occupation of Tarboro "All were burned ..." - Tarboro NC in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On July 20, 1863, after bivouacking in the village of Sparta south of here, Gen. Edward E. Potter occupied Tarboro with a battalion of New York cavalrymen. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 05/08/2020 last visited: 10/08/2021 |
 view galleryNE14.6 km | Memorial to Confederate Soldiers, Tarboro, NC in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials Monument dedicated to the Confederate soldiers of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 02/16/2007 last visited: 09/04/2013 |
 view galleryNE14.8 km | Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., Marker E-96 in North Carolina Historical Markers 1850-1932. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of N.C., 1893-1932; lawyer & writer. Birthplace is one block W.; grave is 100 yards S. posted by: drmellow location: North Carolina date approved: 05/24/2006 last visited: 01/06/2010 |
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