Location: SR 1801 (Ross West Road) north of Godwin
County: Cumberland
Original Date Cast: 1961
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Topics Related to Cumberland County
Location: I-95 (northbound) at rest area near Fayetteville
County: Cumberland
Original Date Cast: 1962
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In 1951 superintendent Mildred Poole integrated Post School 2 miles N.E. three years before U.S. Supreme Court mandate.
Largest textile mill in antebellum N.C. Opened 1839 by Charles Peter Mallett. Destroyed 1865 by Sherman's army. It stood 120 yards S.E.
Muslim slave & scholar. African-born, he penned autobiography in Arabic, 1831. Lived in Bladen County and worshipped with local Presbyterians.
Free black abolitionist & conspirator in 1859 with John Brown in attack on U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Killed in assault. Lived in Fayetteville.
First African American to serve in Congress, he represented Mississippi in Senate, 1870-1871. Born in Fayetteville.
Est. 1919. Named for Lt. Harley Pope, Army aviator. Became Air Force base in 1948. Since 2011 part of Fort Bragg. 1 ½ mi. W.
"Carbine" Williams, designer of short stroke piston, which made possible M-1 carbine rifle, widely used in WWII. Lived 2 mi. S.
Second national bank opened branch in 1818 in Fayetteville. Bank operated, 1820-35, in house one block east.