me run in professional baseball in Cumberland County. America's first soil conservation district--Brown Creek--was in Anson County. In 1913, "Tiny" BROADWICK was the first woman to parachute from an airplane.
Scattered throughout the text are 107 drawings and photographs of the people, places, and events commemorated on the state's highway markers. Examples of the illustrations are the Nikwasi Mound, former site of a Cherokee town in Macon County; the plaque which tells about the hanging of six Regulators after the Battle of Alamance in 1771; Elizabeth KECKLY, former slave who became Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker; the marker for Rocky River Church, a Missionary Baptist church founded before 1772 in Anson County; the Palmer-Marsh house in Bertie County; rice farming at Orton Plantation in Brunswick County; dredging the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal in 1905; and the wreck of the Huron in 1877.
Written in a succinct manner, highway historical markers furnish a quick introduction to the background of meaningful subjects in the state's history. The book's continuing popularity since its first publication more than 75 years ago demonstrates its usefulness. Travellers and researchers interested in Tar Heel genealogy and history will relish the GUIDE TO NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY HISTORICAL MARKERS.
The 245-page paperback has an attractive cover and is thoroughly indexed. Priced at $24.00 postpaid, it may be purchased from Historical Publications Section (N), Office of Archives and History, 4622 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4622. For credit card orders, call 919-733-7442, extension 0, or use the secure online shop at http://nc-historical-publications.stores.yahoo.net/. The Historical Publications Section's catalog of more than 190 North Carolina books, maps, and document facsimiles is also available online.
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