THE BLOCK HOUSE
Early landmark, western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between N.C. and S.C. Stood 1/2 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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OAK GROVE
Built 1782. Home of James Johnston, officer in Revolution, member Provincial Congress, legislature, convention of 1788. Is 2 mi. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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GILBERT TOWN
Rutherford County seat, 1781-85, stood hereabout. Before Battle of Kings Mountain both armies camped nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CONFEDERATE LABORATORY
Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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U. D. C. MEMORIAL HALL
Building housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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WILLIAM CHRONICLE
Major in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed. His home stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
Baptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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STONEWALL JACKSON
Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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J. G. ARENDS
Native German, pioneer teacher and minister, ordained 1775, first president of the N.C. Lutheran Synod, 1803. Grave a few yds. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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LENOIR RHYNE
Coeducational, Lutheran college, named for W. W. Lenoir and D. E. Rhyne. Opened as Lenoir College in academic year, 1891-92.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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