Red Wolf Country

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Welcome to Red Wolf Country

Northeastern North Carolina is Famous for the Outer Banks with its beautiful beaches, but the region has plenty of other natural attractions. Just a short drive inland, you’ll find many more places to appreciate nature ...

Purple Martin Bridge Roost

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Welcome to Manns Harbor

Purple Martin Bridge Roost

The Outer Banks of North Carolina are famous for beautiful beaches and other natural attractions, including a fascinating roost of purple martins here at William B. Umstead Memorial Bridge. East of the Rocky ...

The Site of Fort Tompkins

Also Known as Fort Adams

The largest and most

important fortification

on the American shore

in or near Buffalo

during the War of 1812

Marker is on Niagara Street (New York Route 266) north of School Street, on the left ...

County of Monroe

Created February 23, 1821 - Named for James Monroe

Born April 28, 1758, Virginia - Died July 4, 1831, New York

Major in the American Revolution - Senator from Virginia

United States Minister to France and England

Twice Governor of ...

Pioneer School

First schoolhouse in Rochester was built of wood on this site, 1813. It was replaced by a two-story stone building, 1836, and by this structure, 1873.

Marker is on Fitzhugh St. S., on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Statesville in the Civil War

The Raiders Soon Departed

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On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, the North ...

Sand Hill Missionary Baptist Church

Birthplace of the Smyrna Baptist Association

This church was organized in 1857. The first sanctuary, made of logs, was situated near the still-present old well. A number of Coffee County’s prominent citizens were early members of the church and are buried ...

The Holland Purchase

Historic New York

The Holland Land Company was organized by six banking firms in the Netherlands to purchase the unsettled land of western New York State. Their agent, Theophile Cazenove, in 1792-93 bought more than three million acres, known as ...

Headquarters of DeRottenberg

Headquarters

of

DeRottenberg

1812

Marker is at the intersection of York Road (County Route 81) and Paxton Lane, on the left when traveling east on York Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Pan-American Exposition

Historic New York

Extending one mile north from Delaware Park Lake, between Elmwood and Delaware Avenues, the Pan-American Exposition was a spectacular sight to over eight million visitors from May 1 to November 2, 1901. Ornate buildings, embellished with decorated ...