Large smelting furnace provided iron, 1862-65, to Confederacy. Reopened 1870 & ceased to operate 1896. Remains 1 1/2 mi. NE.
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Presbyterian. Founded in 1797 by Scottish Highlanders. Present building, the fourth, erected 1880, stands on original site.
The Cameron-to-Gulf branch (built in 1853) of the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road passed near this spot.
Justice of State Supreme Court, 1938-1950; state legislator and attorney general. Home is here.
Operated at intervals, 1856-1929. Aided the Confederate war effort. Site of explosions, 1895 & 1900. Shaft 2 mi. N.
Educator and first president of what is now UNC-Greensboro, 1891-1906. Boyhood home is 200 yds. W.