The Plank Road Foreman, High Point, NC
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NCDaywalker
N 35° 57.456 W 080° 00.329
17S E 589682 N 3979702
A statue honoring the plank road foreman and by extension the workers of the Plank Road from Fayetteville to Salem, NC is at the train depot in High Point, NC.
Waymark Code: WMVDXQ
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2017
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This statue of a Plank Road Foreman is dedicated to the building of the Plank Road that led to the establishment of the city of High Point. It stands in honor of the men who toiled to build this road.
In the 1840's and 1850's construction began on the 130 mile Plank Road from Fayetteville, NC to Salem, NC. This intersection of the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road with the North Carolina Railroad resulted in a settlement that grew to become High Point. The meeting place of the railroad and the plank road is the highest elevation on the Plank Road.
Sector of the workforce: Specifically the road foreman and by extension the workers
Created or Donated by which group: David A. Dowdy, Jr.
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