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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QN_first-post-road_Carolina-Shores-NC.html
The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3O6_smithville-burying-ground_Southport-NC.html
"Nor even this hour shall want its charm / For side-by-side still fondly we'll keep / And calmly in each others arms / Together linked go down the deep." —From the marker for Emeline L. Taylor and Major George Taylor who were swept from the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3O4_railroad-religion-on-rhett-street_Southport-NC.html
Between the Civil War and the construction of the Panama Canal in 1904, local residents and investors desperately sought to surpass Wilmington by building a rail link to the Appalachian coal fields. Smithville would become the first refueling stop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KM_old-jail_Southport-NC.html
On February 27, 1904, ground was broken for the "new" jail. Contractor A.J. Robbins received the contract with a low bid of $6,738. Its construction is "a concrete foundation with brick walls, laid in 1:6 bond constructed with a six-course belt an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JT_north-carolina-monument_Newton-Grove-NC.html
In memory of the North Carolina soldiers who fought and died so courageously and the civilians who suffered so grievously during the Battle of Bentonville. March 19-21, 1865.
[ Back of Monument: ]Sleep, soldier, sleep, in thy rough earthen tomb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JS_texas_Newton-Grove-NC.html
(Front Inscription):Texasremembers the valor and devotion of her sons who served at Bentonville March 19-21, 1865
The eighth Texas cavalry was engaged with the left wing of Sherman's Union army on the eve of the Battle of Bentonville. During th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HS_southports-first-fire-alarm_Southport-NC.html
January 1916. Founded in 1893, the Southport Volunteer Fire Department was officially organized with the election of officers and adoption of a constitution and by laws on 21 January, 1916. Authorized purchase of the city's first fire alarm bell w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HK_franklin-square_Southport-NC.html
Site for this public park was given to the town of Smithville, which was named in his honor, by Governor Benjamin Smith. His legacy provided that land in this square be used for educational, fraternal, religious and recreational purposes.
Th gi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FB_battle-of-averasboro_Dunn-NC.html
(Preface):The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the "March to the Sea." Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EZ_confederate-line-crossing-the-goldsboro-road_Four-Oaks-NC.html
Directly in front and to your left, Confederate Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke's division, on loan from the Army of Northern Virginia, blocked the old Goldsboro Road (now Harper House Road) to deflect the oncoming Union advance. The division was a mixed…