Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-07-28
SALISBURY'S HISTORIC
LANDMARKS

1920 by Protestants from Moravis
who fled from the prosecutions Of
Ferdinand II?
That a few years later Scotch and
Irish migrated to Rowan county from
their mother countries to escape the
Imprisonment and unjust punishment
following a series of rebellions?
That at this early date the Indian:
we're on friendly terms with the ever
increasing caravans Of traders?
That the names Of some Of the early
settlers were: Nesbit, Allison, Bran.
don, Lucky, Locke, Cowan, Boone
Bars, Osborne, Andrew, Hall, Nc
Laughlin?
That in the year l745, a steady flow
of Germans began to arrive in Sails
bury and Rowan county?
That an act was passed establishing
the County of Rowan at the sessions
of the general assembly of the provi-
dence of. North Carolina, New Bern,
March u, 1875?
That Rowan county originally in
cluded territory occupied by more
than so counties?
That the first court-the court of
pleas and quarter sessions-met in
Rowan county in 1875?
That the cave in which Daniel
Boone hid from the Indians is located
near Salisbury?
That Rowan's first court house was
erected in 1855 and was made Of
weatherboards, being so feet long and
20 feet wide, a story and half high,
with two floors?
That the deed for Salisbury town
ship is dated February IL, 1852
That 1876 acres of land first cor
stituted the bounds of Salisbury town.
ship?
That Main street" was originally
called "Corbin street. after an at
torney, Francis Corbin?
That Times street" received its
name from James Innes, a prominent
figure in North Carolina?
That old court house records, dat
ing as far back as 1850, are still on
file in the Rowan office of the reg
.ster of deeds?
That the superior courts were es-
tablished in 1875 during the admins
rration of Governor Tryon?
That as early as 1870 Salisbury had
traffic laws, persons found guilty of
fast driving or riding mourning a pen
atty of five shillings?
That General Greene and Lord
CORVALLIS during the year 1881 when
the Revolutionary wal was approach
ing a crisis, made temporary head
quarters in Salisbury?
That Lord CORVALLIS, British Com
mander, took up his headquarters at
the house of Maxwell Chambers, Sal
isbury merchant, located on the west
corner of Church and Bank streets?
That three miles southeast of Sails
bury stands the "Old Stone House,"
one of the most remarkable relics of
The South?
That George Washington visited
Salisbury while on a Southern tour in
the spring of 1871?
That St. Johns Lutheran church
was organized in 1853 and is the larg-
est Lutheran church in the South?
That the first tax imposed on local
citizens was the levy Of a shilling On
each town lot taken?
That the first store was opened in
1870?
That the first school teacher came
to this section in 1851?
That the FIRST negro was sold as a
slave here in 1852?
That the first physician located here
in 1855?
That the United States postoffice
was first located here about 1890?
That the first circus came to town
in 1850?
That $500 men were furnished to
the .Confederacy by Rowan county?
SALISBURY'S GEOGRAPHY
That the area of Rowan county is
4S9 square miles?
That Rowan has a population Of
approximately $4,000?
That Rowan is one of. the largest
counties in the entire state?
That Rowan county was named for
Matthew Rowan, a leader in North
Carolina before the Revolution?
That Matthew Rowan, for a short
time after Gov. Gabriel Johnston's
death, acted as governor of North
Carolina?
That the city of Salisbury is named
after the Marquis of Salisbury?