Eliminating Pellagra

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Pellagra once was a widespread and often fatal disease that was particularly common where corn was a dietary staple. In 1938, University of Wisconsin biochemists Conrad Elvehjem and Frank Strong isolated and identified the B ...

Statesville in the Civil War

The Raiders Soon Departed

(Preface):

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 ...

Rt. Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson

1818-1905

1st Bishop Diocese of East Carolina

Rector of Grace Episcopal Church

Plymouth, NC

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Roper, NC 1844-1858

"The past is gone, the future is here."

Marker is on Madison Street south of East Water Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court

Designated Landmark, New York City

This building houses the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the First Judicial Department, which hears appeals in civil and criminal cases from New York and Bronx Counties. ...

The 1858 Senate Campaign

Abraham Lincoln accepted the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on June 16, 1858. To open his campaign, Lincoln delivered the famous House Divided speech from Springfield that evening. Upon hearing the speech, Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the incumbent knew ...

Plymouth State Normal School

Original Site circa 1881

Established by the NC General Assembly as one of two NC schools for training black teachers. Moved to Elizabeth City, NC in 1903 and was parent school to Elizabeth City State University.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Biochemists in the 1920s conducted studies leading to improved understanding of the roles of minerals in animal and human diets. University of Wisconsin biochemists E.B. Hart, C.A. Elvehjem, and Harry Steenbock discovered that copper, in ...

Attleborough's Tribute

"To The Memory of the boys who defended our Union"

Marker is on Dennis Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Mattamuskeet Nat'l Wildlife Refuge

The refuge, observation tower, and hunting lodge were rehabilitated by Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees, 1934-42.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 264 and Outfall Canal Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 264.

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Mattamuskeet

Largest natural lake in N.C. Center of an Indian reservation, established 1715. Twice drained and farmed. Wildlife refuge since 1934. One mile N.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 264 and North Carolina Route 94, on the right when traveling ...