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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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