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Women mathematicians, many from N.C., executed complex calculations for U.S. military and NASA, 1941-1975, during WWII and the Space Race.

Soil conservation land mark. Erosion-checking terrace built ca. 1885 by Priestley H. Mangum 2 mi. north. Technique adopted across the U.S.

Collection began with 1851 geological survey; a museum since 1879; H. H. Brimley, curator from 1895 to 1946.

Led NASA, 1961 to 1968, during Mercury, Gemini, and early Apollo. He est. Johnson, Kennedy space centers. Lived 1 blk. W.

Congressman, 1939-1961. A druggist, he shaped pharmaceutical legislation & chaired atomic energy committee. Lived 1 mi. S.

Opened in 1980 as state-supported, residential high school. Campus was site of Watts Hospital (1909-1976), built by Geo. Washington Watts.

Organized in 1918 in the Malbourne Hotel, which stood here. J. N. Ambler elected first president.

Wake Forest College president, 1905-1927. Champion of freedom of scientific thought. Birthplace and family home stands here.

Ethyl-Dow plant, which operated here, 1934-1945, pioneered extraction of bromine from sea water. Element used in Ethyl, anti-knock gas compound.

Royal governor, 1754-65. Scholar, engineer, and member of Irish Parliament. Promoted immigration to colony. Grave 2 mi. S.