North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-52
Dr. Walter Reed. Head of U.S. Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba, 1900-01. Lived here as a young man and married Emily Lawrence of this town.
US 158/258 (Main Street) in Murfreesboro, NC, Murfreesboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-19
Chowan University. Opened 1848 as Chowan Baptist Female Institute. Became four-year college, 1992. A university since 2006. Two blocks south.
US 158/258 (Main Street) at University Dr, Murfreesboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-20
Murfree House. Home of William Hardy Murfree, member of U.S. Congress, 1813-1817; N.C. House, 1805 & 1812; presidential elector, 1812. House stands 1 block N.
US 158/258 (Main Street) at Wynn Street, Murfreesboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-18
John H. Wheeler. Historian, legislator, superintendent U.S. Mint at Charlotte, state treasurer, minister to Nicaragua, born 1806 in brick house 300 yds. N.
US 158/258 (Main Street), Murfreesboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-26
Richard Gatling 1818 1903. Patented rapid-firing Gatling Gun, 1862. Also invented a variety of agricultural implements. Birthplace was 2/10 mi. N.
US 258 northeast of Murfreesboro, NC, Murfreesboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-65
Lafayette. On his American tour Lafayette spent night of Feb. 26, 1825, at Indian Queen Inn which stood two blocks north.
US 158/258 (East Main Street) at North Third Street, Murfreesboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-68
Wesleyan Female College. Founded with Methodist support in 1853. Burned, 1877. Rebuilt 1881 and burned again in 1893. Site was 1 block south.
US 158/258 (Main Street) at Wynn Street in Murfreesboro, NC, Murfreesboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #A-86
F. Roy Johnson 1911 1988. Folklorist and publisher. Left newspapering 1962 to chronicle folkways & peoples of northeastern N.C. Office stood here.
US 158/258 (East Main Street) in Murfreesboro, NC, Murfreesboro, NC, United States
David Collin Barnes (1875-1959) N. C. House of Representatives. N. C. State Senate (three terms). May of Murfreesboro. Chairman of School Board. Democratic Party State Executive. Committee and County Chairman. Son of Judge David Alexander Barnes and Bettie Vaughan Barnes.
, Murfreesboro, NC, United States