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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/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/HM2QG_catalino-tingzon_Southport-NC.html
Dedicated to the memory of Catalino Tingzon, interred in Northwood Cemetery, and all Merchant Marine seamen and U.S. Navy Armed Guard on the tanker S.S.John D. Gill torpedoed and sunk off Cape Fear by the German submarine U-158 March 12, 1942. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MX_robert-c-ruark_Southport-NC.html
1915-1965, columnist and author. "The Old Man and the Boy," were youthful rememberances of his material grandfather, Captain Edward Atkins, in this house.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MT_robert-ruark_Southport-NC.html
1915-1965. Columnist and author. His 1957 novel The Old Man and the Boy based on childhood visits with grandparents 1 block W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MP_map-of-the-first-100-lots_Southport-NC.html
Here on this small bluff overlooking the Cape Fear River, Joshua Potts in the year 1790 envisioned a town surrounding old Fort Johnston. "Braced up by the effects of the salubrious breeze, from the sea," Joshua Potts laid out the first hundred lot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MN_josiah-martin_Southport-NC.html
Last royal governor of North Carolina, 1771-75. Fearing capture, in June 1775 he sought refuge here. Fled offshore to HMS Cruizer in July.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MB_fort-johnston_Southport-NC.html
Built, 1748-54; burned by Whigs, 1775; rebuilt by U.S. government, 1794-1809. Only the officers quarters remain.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LX_fort-johnston_Southport-NC.html
Confederate Lifeline. On January 9, 1861, as secession fever swept the South, an armed body of civilians overwhelmed Fort Johnston's lone occupant, Ordinance Sgt. James Reilly, and demanded the keys. Reilly quickly surrendered them and received a …