North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-39

Broughton Hospital. State facility for care of mentally ill; opened 1883. Named in 1959 for J. Melville Broughton, governor, 1941-1945.

NC 18 in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-40

N.C. School For The Deaf. Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.

US 64 at Fleming Drive in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-3

Quaker Meadows. Rendezvous for "Over-Mountain Men" prior to Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780. Home to Joseph & Charles McDowell, military & political leaders.

NC 181 (Green Street) at NC 126 in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-8

Tod R. Caldwell. Governor, 1870-1874, during Reconstruction, member State Convention of 1865. His home stood here.

US 64/70 Business (Meeting Street) in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-21

Andre Michaux. French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina. Spent nights of Sept. 8, 1794, and May 2, 1795, at "Swan Ponds," 3 mi. S.W.

NC 181 (Green Street) at NC 126 in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-28

Waightstill Avery. First attorney general of North Carolina, 1777-79, member provincial congresses, colonel in Revolution. "Swan Ponds," his home, was 3 mi. S.W.

NC 181 (Green Street) at NC 126 in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-13

Stoneman's Raid. On their raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry skirmished with Confederates near here on April 17, 1865.

NC 18/US 64 at Catawba River bridge in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-47

Fort San Juan. Built by Juan Pardo in 1567 at native town of Joara. Served as Spanish outpost until razed by Indians, 1568. NE 4 mi.

NC 181 (Green Street) at SR 1419 (Bost Road) in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-49

Sam J. Ervin, Jr. 1896 1985. U.S. Senator, 1954-1974; led Senate Watergate Committee, 1973-1974; judge. His law office was one block west.

NC 181 (Green Street) in, Morganton, NC, United States

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #N-34

Burke Courthouse. Built of local cut stone, ca. 1835, by James Binnie. August terms of State Supreme Court held here, 1847-61. Raided by Union force 1865. Remodeled 1901.

NC 18 South (South Sterling Street) in, Morganton, NC, United States

General Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) Her of the Battle of Cowpens during the American Revolution. Bourke County Patriot Militia fought alongside Morgan, a Virginian. In 1784 the Town of Morgansborough was established in his honor. The name was changed to Morganton in 1838.

, Morganton, NC, United States