Topics Related to railroads

Governor, 1905-1909; legislator. Champion of Prohibition and of railroad regulation. Home stood 1 block W.

Governor, 1841-45. An advocate for railroads & industrial development. Lived at Blandwood.

Railroad builder and financier. Vice-president, Southern Railroad; superintendent, North Carolina Railroad. Home is here.

President of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad; president of the State Bank; publisher of the Raleigh "Minerva" 1803-1810. Home is 3 blks. S.W.

Congressman 1855-1861. President of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad. Was a Brigadier General, C.S.A. His home was here.

Chartered in 1835 and completed in 1840. Length 85 miles. Its southern terminus was 400 ft. W.

Est. 1833. Horses hauled granite for the Capitol over a railroad from a quarry 1 1/4 miles S.E.

Company Shops built here in 1857 for maintenance and repair of the N.C. Railroad. Closed in 1866.

Governor, 1891-93; cotton mill owner. Sponsor of railroad development and state aid to education. Home stood 350 yards S.

Speaker of the N.C. House and Senate. He cast deciding vote for North Carolina Railroad, 1849. He lived here.