Union
Andrew Jackson
Waxhaw, NC
Seventh president of the United States, was born a few miles southwest of this spot, March 15, 1767.
Camp Sutton
Monroe, NC
World War II army camp, trained 13,000 engineers.
Cornwallis
First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780.
David F. Houston
Monroe, NC
Secretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson.
Ferdinand Foch
Monroe, NC
Commander-in-chief of Allied armies, 1918, made a speech at the Union County Courthouse, on December 9, 1921.
Pleasant Grove Camp Ground
Mineral Springs, NC
Methodist. Established before 1830 and still in use.
T. Walter Bickett
Monroe, NC
Governor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary.
Trading Path
Colonial trading route, dating from the seventeenth century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw Indians in Carolina,...
Trading Path
Waxhaw, NC
Colonial trading route, dating from the seventeenth century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw Indians in Carolina,...
Wm. Henry Belk 1862-1952
Monroe, NC
Merchant, philanthropist, and Presbyterian layman.