Operation Dixie
Inscription
Black leaf house workers
in eastern N.C. unionized
in 1946. First pro-union
vote, at tobacco factory
1 block W., precursor to
civil rights movement.
Location
AddressUS 301 Business (Franklin Street) at Mc Donald Street in Rocky Mount
CityRocky Mount
CountyNash
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.948047, -77.796421
Sources
More markers in 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.
Jim Thorpe 1886-1953
Rocky Mount, NC
Indian athlete, star of the 1912 Olympics, made his professional baseball debut with Rocky Mount Railroaders, 1909.
P. T. Barnum
Rocky Mount, NC
First stop of record with own circus troupe was 1/2 mile S.E., November 12-13, 1836.
Cornwallis
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia camped here at Crowell's plantation on May 8, 1781.