OLD ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Organized before 1771 as a union church by German settlers. Present building erected ca. 1820.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
Lutheran. Organized prior to 1798. J. G. Arends was first pastor. Building, the fourth on site, is 1/4 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DANIEL E. RHYNE 1852-1931
Textile, furniture, and wagon manufacturer and banker. A benefactor of Lenoir Rhyne College. His grave is 100 yards E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DANIELS CHURCH
Evangelical Lutheran. Organized in 1774. J. G. Arndt was first regular minister; Philip Henkel assistant. This building, 1888, is third on site.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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WILLIAM A. HOKE 1851-1925
Chief justice 1 year & assoc. justice 20 yrs., N.C. Supreme Court. Superior court judge 13 yrs. Birthplace stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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M. L. McCORKLE 1817-1899
Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ST. JOSEPH'S
Built in 1843 for Irish immigrant gold miners. Fourth Catholic church built in state. This is the original building.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SCHENCK-WARLICK MILL
First cotton mill in N.C. Built prior to 1816 by Michael Schenck and Absalom Warlick. Mill stood one-half mile N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1881-1935
Lutheran. A precursor of Lenoir-Rhyne College; burned, 1935. Church now on site 1 block south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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W. J. CASH 1900-1941
Author of The Mind of The South. Editor & journalist. His grave is located 1600 ft. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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THOMAS DIXON, JR. 1864-1946
Minister, politician, & author. Film "Birth of a Nation" was based on his novel The Clansman. Grave is 1500 ft. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SALUDA GRADE
The steepest, standard gauge, mainline railway grade in the U.S. Opened in 1878; three mi. long. Crests here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CHIMNEY ROCK
Granite monolith. Site acquired by Lucius Morse in 1902. Developed into tourist attraction. State park, 2007. One mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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MOUNT HARMONY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Congregation organized by 1791. Cemetery and present building, the church's fourth, are one mile west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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STUART W. CRAMER 1868-1940
Engineer and inventor. Pioneered advances in textile mill air conditioning. Home 3 mi. SW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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TRYON MOUNTAIN
Landmark on Cherokee boundary, negotiated by Gov. William Tryon and Cherokee chiefs, 1767. Elevation 3,231 feet.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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NORTH CAROLINA ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
State institution for crippled children, 1921-1979. R. B. Babington was its first president; O. L. Miller, founding surgeon.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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MICHAEL HOKE 1874-1944
Pioneer orthopedic surgeon; founded hospitals for crippled children; chief surgeon of Warm Springs (Ga.) Foundation. Birthplace 80 yds. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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STEPHEN D. RAMSEUR
West Point graduate. A Confederate major general at 27; mortally wounded, Cedar Creek, Va. Grave 2 blocks N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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IRON WORKS
Many iron mines and forges were operated within a radius of ten miles of this point between 1790 and 1880.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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