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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XGF_edwin-gill-historical_Laurinburg-NC.html
State treasurer, 1953-77; commissioner of the revenue, 1942-49. Secretary, Gov. O. Max Gardner, 1931-33. Lived one block N.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XGE_laurinburg-institute-historical_Laurinburg-NC.html
Founded 1904 by E.M. and Tinny McDuffie to educate black students upon encouragement by Booker T. Washington. Campus 100 yds. east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XAX_james-lytch-historical_Laurinburg-NC.html
Invented the Lytch cotton planter (patented 1878), a favorite of the South, and other implements. Shops were ΒΌ mile southwest. This was his home.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2X_ida-yarn-mill_Laurel-Hill-NC.html
Second oldest textile manufacturing plant in Scotland County. Built by Mark Morgan in 1882. Powered by water wheels. Named in memory of Ida Malloy Morgan (1874-1876), deceased infant daughter of Mark and Margaret Cameron Morgan. Operated here unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2W_original-springfield-cotton-mill_Laurel-Hill-NC.html
Third oldest textile manufacturing plant in Scotland County. Built by Mark Morgan in 1982. Burned down in 1917. Located here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2V_terry-sanford-1917-1998_Laurinburg-NC.html
Eagle Scout 1931
Paratrooper World War II
State Senator 1953-54
Governor of NC 1961-65
Duke University President 1969-85
US Senator 1986-93
Progressive advocate for
education and civil rights
Born near here
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2U_world-war-ii-glider-pilots_Maxton-NC.html
In memory of the combat glider pilots and other airborne assault personnel who trained at the Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Field during World War II. This memorial is dedicated to those brave young Americans, especially to those who in large numbers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S29_551st-parachute-infantry-battalion-separate_Marston-NC.html
This monument is dedicated to the heroic men of the Five Hundred Fifty First Parachute Infantry Battalion (Separate)who made the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefields of Europe during World War II. Their motto was
Aterrizar y Atacar
Land and At…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GSO_murdoch-morrison-gun-factory_Laurel-Hill-NC.html
(preface)
The Carolinas Campaign began of 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/HM1GSK_original-richmond-cotton-mill_Laurel-Hill-NC.html
First textile manufacturing plant in Scotland County, built by Col. Charles Malloy in 1867. Powered by water wheels. Machinery said to have come from a sunken blockade runner. Leased by Mark Morgan in 1872 and became the first of the Morgan Mills…