Founder of Thomasville. As legislator led fight for N.C. Railroad; friend of education. His home, Cedar Lodge, was nearby.
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State juvenile facility. Est. in 1918 to provide girls with educational and vocational training. Campus is 3 mi. south.
First head of Oxford Orphanage (1873-1884) & Mills Home. President Oxford Female College. His grave is 100 yds. N.
Established by local planters, later operated by Methodist Church. Building was 150 yds. W.
A Methodist Protestant institution. Opened in 1856, made co-educational in 1878, closed in 1924. Building stands 1 mi. N.
President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of NCSU and Meredith College. Was born here.
First female college president in N.C., Greensboro College, 1902-1913. Was Advocate for education. Her grave is 1 mile N.
As forerunners of state community colleges, 1958-1963, boosted vocational training. First in N.C. operated 200 yards E.
Est. by Robert P. Dick & John H. Dillard in 1878. About 300 graduates licensed. School, which was here, closed 1893.
Moravian settlers in 1772 founded a school for girls, now a liberal arts college & academy. Campus is 1/2 mi. N.E.