Inscription
One of the last surviving
covered bridges in North
Carolina, built in 1894,
stands 500 yards north on
Lyles Creek.
Location
AddressUS 70 at Lyle Creek east of Claremont
CountyCatawba
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.718399, -81.120257
Sources
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Hoke Smith
Newton, NC
Secretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then located at...
Claremont College
Hickory, NC
Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women.
Charles H. Mebane
Newton, NC
Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor.
St. John's Church
Lutheran. Organized prior to 1798.
M. L. Mc CORKLE 1817-1899
Newton, NC
Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel.
