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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HO_elizabeth-city-state-university_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became university in 1969.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HN_hugh-cale_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His grave is 6/10 mile west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HM_elizabeth-city-confederate-monument_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
Our Heroes1861 1865
To ourConfederate Dead.
Erected byThe D.H. Hill ChapterUnited Daughtersof the ConfederacyElizabeth CityNorth Carolina,May 10th, 1911.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HK_wright-brothers-in-the-albemarle_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
The "world's first flight crew" were the surfmen of the U.S. Lifesaving Stations along the Outer Banks The Wright brothers relied on them as they tested their experimental aircraft (1900-1903). The Life Saving Service's primary job was to guard th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HJ_battle-of-elizabeth-city_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, he dispatched Commander Stephen C. Rowan to destroy the Mosquito Fleet, which had been annoying U.S. naval vessels. Confederate Commodore William F. Lynch's fleet co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HI_pasquotank-river_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
The Pasquotank River was noted in 35 runaway slave ads between 1791 to 1840, indicating that slaves ("freedom seekers") escaped on board boats ("vessels") traveling north to free territory or south to the West Indies, confirming that Underground R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12HG_a-town-divided_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
(sidebar)During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12H6_a-town-divided_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
(sidebar)During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12H5_the-battlefield-of-stoney-creek_Hamilton-ON.html
The Battlefield of Stoney Creek6th June 1813In memory of 20 good and true King's Men who,in fighting in defence of their country, diedand were buried on this knoll.This revised inscription and stone re-dedicatedJune 6th 1956ByHer Majesty's Army & …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12H4_a-town-divided_Elizabeth-City-NC.html
(sidebar)During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, d…