Gaston
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont, NC
Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational college.
Dallas
Dallas, NC
Named for G.M. Dallas.
Daniel E. Rhyne 1852-1931
Gastonia, NC
Textile, furniture, and wagon manufacturer and banker.
John Fulenwider
High Shoals, NC
Founder of High Shoals Iron Works about 1795.
Joseph Dickson 1745-1825
Colonel in Revolution, later brigadier general, member of legislatures of N.C. and Tenn.
Loray Strike
Gastonia, NC
A strike in 1929 at the Loray Mill, 200 yards S., left two dead and spurred opposition to labor unions statewide.
North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital
Gastonia, NC
State institution for crippled children, 1921-1979.
North Carolina-South Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for...
Oak Grove
Built 1782. Home of James Johnston, officer in Revolution, member Provincial Congress, legislature, convention of 1788.
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia, NC
Governor of North Carolina, 1945-1949.
St. Joseph's
Built in 1843 for Irish immigrant gold miners.
Tryon County
Formed 1768, named for Governor William Tryon.
William Chronicle
Belmont, NC
Major in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed.