Pea Ridge Sahara Plantation --- Roper NC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Countrydragon
N 35° 57.518 W 076° 29.371
18S E 365678 N 3980385
Located on NC 32 and Breezy Banks Rd. Roper NC
Waymark Code: WM82E1
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member drmellow
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Pea-Ridge

Sahara Plantation
1837 - 1810 Josiah Collins & Ebenezer Pettigrew purchased 500 acres of land, planted 40,000 mulberry trees and raised silk worms for the silk business.

S.S. Simmons Fishery circa 1835
Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church circa 1895
Sound Post Office circa 1903
Piney Grove School circa 1910
Marker Name: Pea Ridge Sahara Plantation

Marker Type: City

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