North Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees. Factory, which operated 1866-67, was 1/4 mi. NE.
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Soil conservation land mark. Erosion-checking terrace built ca. 1885 by Priestley H. Mangum 2 mi. north. Technique adopted across the U.S.
Champion of good roads. Her intensive lobbying led to 1921 law creating modern state highway system. Born 8 mi. N.
In 1850s on a farm in this area Abisha Slade perfected a process for curing yellow tobacco. His slave Stephen discovered process in 1839.
Was made here by the sulphate process using southern pine in 1909, by the Roanoke Rapids Paper Manufacturing Company.
Ethyl-Dow plant, which operated here, 1934-1945, pioneered extraction of bromine from sea water. Element used in Ethyl, anti-knock gas compound.
Planter. Developed peanut into profitable crop by scientific methods at his Porters Neck Plantation 2 miles east.
Brig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This was their boyhood home.
"Brad's Drink," which he created in pharmacy here, was marketed as Pepsi-Cola after 1898.
Inventor, Pioneer in radio communication, conducted wireless experiments, 1901-02, from a station, 600 yds. S.W.