Catawba
Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
One of the last surviving covered bridges in North Carolina, built in 1894, stands 500 yards north on Lyles Creek.
Charles H. Mebane
Newton, NC
Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor.
Claremont College
Hickory, NC
Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women.
Hoke Smith
Newton, NC
Secretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then located at...
M. L. Mc CORKLE 1817-1899
Newton, NC
Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel.
Piedmont Wagon Company
Hickory, NC
Manufacturer of horse-drawn wooden wagons.
St. John's Church
Lutheran. Organized prior to 1798.