Nash
Cornwallis
British troops led by Col. Banastre Tarleton defeated N.C. militia nearby at Swift Creek and 7 mi. N. at Fishing Creek on May 7, 1781.
Cornwallis
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia camped here at Crowell's plantation on May 8, 1781.
Jim Thorpe 1886-1953
Rocky Mount, NC
Indian athlete, star of the 1912 Olympics, made his professional baseball debut with Rocky Mount Railroaders, 1909.
Operation Dixie
Rocky Mount, NC
Black leaf house workers in eastern N.C. unionized in 1946.
P. T. Barnum
Rocky Mount, NC
First stop of record with own circus troupe was 1/2 mile S.E., November 12-13, 1836.