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
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-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-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-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-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-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-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