I have found nothing but extremely helpful and friendly people here in Landis. Small town yes but…read moregrowing rapidly. Businesses coming back. Great small town Fourth of July parade. They are really working hard to bring this town back.

This marker on the side of the road recalls a battle of the American Revolution. Not one of the…read morebetter performances by the Colonials but they did eventually win the way. The marker reads, "British cavalry led by Colonel Tarleton routed a force of American militia, Feb. 2, 1781, at Torrence's Tavern, which stood nearby." As is usual with North Carolina's markers, there is more information online: 'The British wasted little time getting organized after defeating the small militia force of William Lee Davidson at the Battle of Cowan's Ford on February 1, 1781. Rain began falling again, slowing Cornwallis's progress, but the British army managed to reunite and made a wet camp six miles from Beattie's Ford during the evening hours of February 1. Before setting out from Cowan's Ford, Cornwallis dispatched Tarleton with the 23rd Foot and his Legion dragoons to discover Greene's location, seemingly unaware that the Continentals had fallen back to Salisbury." "Several postwar accounts claim that Tarleton found the militia in complete distress, many of them drunk, and completely incapable of fighting back. Joseph Graham, who did not witness the event firsthand, stated "The wagons of many of the movers with their property mixed in the lane, the armed men all out of order, and mixed with the wagons and people, so that the lane could scarcely be passed, when the sound of alarm was given from the west end of the lane." The British won the engagement. "Although Tarleton had destroyed the small militia force, the Whigs had bought precious time for Greene's army to continue its escape through Salisbury. Cornwallis would be halted again at the Trading Ford, kept at bay by the constant rain and swollen banks of the Yadkin River." [Review 13219 overall, 536 of 2020.]

Located at the entrance to the cemetery, this marker remembers a Salisbury native who is laid to…read morerest here. The marker reads, "Christian Reid. 1846-1920. Pen name of Frances Fisher Tiernan, author of Land of the Sky and other novels. Her grave is 200 yards N.W." The online essay has more information. "Author Frances Fisher Tiernan was widely known by her pen name, Christian Reid. In a career spanning from Reconstruction through the First World War, Tiernan published forty-six books. Her best-known novel was Land of the Sky, a title that eventually gave western North Carolina its famous moniker." There is much more online. [Review 1161 of 2024 - 3652 in North Carolina - 22184 overall]

Bills itself as Race City on account of the number of drivers, teams, and related industry that…read morecall Mooresville home. Rapidly growing little town north of Charlotte, locals say that just a few years ago there wasn't much here and now it's just about everywhere. There's pretty much a little of everything you want in a town a few you don't (like traffic both ways.) Main Street is still an active concern with businesses opening up and freshening up and the store fronts aren't empty long which keeps it all moving apace. There's some beautification projects going on with planters and fancy crosswalks and vintage advertisements along with an artists co-op, an ice creamery, and a genuine old-timey hardware store. Respectable ball field south of down town, and a short drive outside the city limits is an 1/8-mile for straight line racing. Mostly a nice place except for the traffic...

This marker is located at the intersection of Gold Hill Road and North Carolina Route 73. It…read morerecalls an early clergyman in the area. It reads, "Samuel Suther. Early minister of German Reformed Church in N.C., 1768-1782. Preached at Coldwater Union Church which stood 500 yards north." Online, there is more information. "As with many of North Carolina's early immigrants, Samuel Suther arrived in the western piedmont with the tide of Germans moving southward along the Great Wagon Road. Born in Switzerland, Suther arrived in 1738 after a shipwreck off the coast of Virginia claimed the lives of his family members. He moved to Philadelphia where he taught German and then to Orangeburg, South Carolina, where he began serving as a German Reformed minister for Lutheran and Reformed congregations in both North and South Carolina. In 1768, he was ordered from his post at Coldwater Church in modern Cabarrus County by Governor William Tryon to preach to the Rowan and Mecklenburg militia during the War of the Regulation." "By 1771, Suther had moved to present-day Guilford County to preach to a combined congregation at Low's Lutheran Church. An outspoken proponent for the rights of colonists to protest English government, Suther, through his activism, forced a break in the congregation. The resulting split led to Suther and his followers leaving Low's to form their own church, Brick Church, near the site of the Battle of Alamance. Because of his patriotic fervor and his Revolutionary message, Suther and his congregation were targets for Loyalist attacks that eventually drove him from his home and destroyed his farm. After the war, Suther returned to Coldwater Church and others in that region before returning to South Carolina two years before his death in 1788." "Suther is credited by scholars as being the driving force for the survival of the German Reformed Church in North Carolina, owing to his efforts to seek support of northern Reformed congregations for their southern brethren who were struggling to keep the church alive in the face of war." [Review 14393 overall, 1718 of 2020, number 2718 in North Carolina.]

Located in the center where the main streets of Mount Pleasant meet, this marker points out the…read morehistory of a local religious school. The marker reads, "Mont Amoena Seminary. Lutheran school for girls, 1859-1927. The name is Latin for "Mt. Pleasant." Site is one block south." Online, there is more information. "In 1858, Susan E. Biglow Bittle founded the Mount Pleasant Female Seminary. A private liberal arts academy for young women, the school consisted of a two-room schoolhouse. Acquired by the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church the following year, the school educated students in fields such as mathematics, music, English and Latin." "The school survived the Civil War, unlike many male academies in the South. According to one alumnus, it became "an island of culture in the difficult years" after the war. In 1892, the school's name was changed to Mont Amoena, the Latin equivalent of Mount Pleasant." " In 1927, Mont Amoena closed, having provided educations for young women for over sixty-five years. Financial difficulties, combined with the improvements in public education in North Carolina, led to the closure of numerous academies across the state." [Review 14391 overall, 1716 of 2020, number 2716 in North Carolina.]