List of Highway Historical Markers in Alleghany County, North Carolina
Appearance
Alleghany County, North Carolina is in District M of the NC Highway Historical Marker Program, and has four markers as of July 2020.[1][2] The marker program was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1935.[3] Since that time over 1600 black and silver markers have been placed along numbered North Carolina highways throughout the state. Each one has a brief description of a fact relevant to state history, and is located near a place related to that fact.[3] North Carolina's counties are divided into seventeen districts for the highway marker program. Each marker is assigned an identifier that begins with the letter of the district, followed by a number.[1]
Number | Title | Location | Text | Year Erected |
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M-14 | North Carolina-Virginia | NC 93 northwest of Piney Creek at NC/VA boundary. | "NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w VIRGINIA / First permanent English colony in America, 1607, one of thirteen original states. Richmond, the capital, was seat of Confederate government." | 1941 |
M-34 | Robert L. Doughton 1863-1954 | NC 88 and NC 18 at Laurel Springs. | "Congressman, 1911-1953. Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, 1933-1947, 1949-1953. Home 2/10 mi. S.E." | 1963 |
M-37 | Rufus A. Doughton | US 21 (North Main Street) in Sparta. | "Legislator, 14 terms. Lt. Governor, 1893-1897. Headed Revenue & Highway Commissions. Was U.N.C. Trustee for 56 yrs. Office was 30 feet W." | 1966 |
M-49 | Blue Ridge Parkway | Blue Ridge Parkway at Cumberland Knob. | "First rural national parkway. Construction began near here on September 11, 1935." | 1987 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers. North Carolina Office of Archives and History. July 2020.
- ^ "North Carolina Highway Historical Markers: a web map of all 1600+ highway historical markers".
- ^ a b "NC Highway Historical Marker Program | NC DNCR". www.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-08.