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Alleghany County, North Carolina is in District M of the NC Highway Historical Marker Program, and has four markers as of July 2020. [1] [2] The marker program was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1935. [3] Since that time over 1600 black and silver markers have been placed along numbered North Carolina highways throughout the state. Each one has a brief description of a fact relevant to state history, and is located near a place related to that fact. [3] North Carolina's counties are divided into seventeen districts for the highway marker program. Each marker is assigned an identifier that begins with the letter of the district, followed by a number. [1]

List of North Carolina Highway Historical Markers in Alleghany County, NC [1]
Number Title Location Text Year Erected
M-14 North Carolina- Virginia NC 93 northwest of Piney Creek at NC/VA boundary. "NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w VIRGINIA / First permanent English colony in America, 1607, one of thirteen original states. Richmond, the capital, was seat of Confederate government." 1941
M-34 Robert L. Doughton 1863-1954 NC 88 and NC 18 at Laurel Springs. "Congressman, 1911-1953. Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, 1933-1947, 1949-1953. Home 2/10 mi. S.E." 1963
M-37 Rufus A. Doughton US 21 (North Main Street) in Sparta. "Legislator, 14 terms. Lt. Governor, 1893-1897. Headed Revenue & Highway Commissions. Was U.N.C. Trustee for 56 yrs. Office was 30 feet W." 1966
M-49 Blue Ridge Parkway Blue Ridge Parkway at Cumberland Knob. "First rural national parkway. Construction began near here on September 11, 1935." 1987

References

  1. ^ a b c Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers. North Carolina Office of Archives and History. July 2020.
  2. ^ "North Carolina Highway Historical Markers: a web map of all 1600+ highway historical markers".
  3. ^ a b "NC Highway Historical Marker Program | NC DNCR". www.ncdcr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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