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Lila N.

Attended to BrightFire 2022 festival. It was so amazing and fun. What a calibration of earth loving human being. The Gad great shows, fire dancers, fantastic music, food trucks, vendors and arts. There was so many people there it was great. I'm hoping to come back and see the whole property.

Angie P.

Rural Hill is a 265 acre nature preserve & farm, which is open for tours, festivals, weddings, sheepdog trails, walking, & field trips. It's also home to the "Amazing Maize Maze." Today's visit brought Milo & I here for the "Bark in the Park" festival. For the second year in a row, I'm really impressed at the layout. Festivals are held behind (& around) all the historical buildings on the property. There's plenty of parking, as well. There's so much to do here outside of festivals. It's worth reviewing their website, or checking out a festival being held there.

Jacqueline T.

I've only ever come here for amazing maize maze in the fall, but I love it! This is my favorite corn maze in the Charlotte area. I love that they have mailboxes scattered throughout the maze for you to collect a piece of the map at so that you aren't just wandering aimlessly trying to find the exit like you have to do at other mazes. It's very well coordinated with color zones that correspond to what piece of the map you're in. I make sure to come every year when my parents come down to visit me. It's $11 for adults and it usually takes us between 1-2 hours to find all of the pieces of the map and get out. They also had a bunch of inflatables set up this year and they have some food available. The only bathrooms on site are port a potties. I would highly recommend stopping by to do the maze!

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Brantly W.

I am glad we crossed this off the list as a "fall thing", however I doubt I will make this a fall tradition. During the fall they have the Amazing Maize which is a corn maze. During the day it was $11 per adult. I believe at night it is a couple bucks more, but us not haunted. They do take cash and card. There is a brief orientation about the maze and then your sent out with this pole flag your group has to carry in the event you need to get out for an emergency. The maze is wide but it is so hard. It was crowded when we went and hot. Dress appropriate. There is no shade in the maze. They also had bouncy house activities for kids. A food truck and they did serve beer. There's a tractor hayride for a couple bucks more. They take you around the grounds. The grounds are pretty. Also, they have gorgeous pumpkins for sell.

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Rural Hill is a beautiful place and a great venue. I participated in the Loch Norman Highland Games = GREAT.

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Battle of McIntyre's Farm Historical Marker - Battle of McIntyre’s Farm Historical Marker, Charlotte

Battle of McIntyre's Farm Historical Marker

5.0(1 review)
6.9 mi

Most folks don't know why Charlotte's basketball team are called the Hornets or why the name…read more"hornets" matters so much to our fair city. I knew the story but I didn't know that there was an actual place that it tied back to. It's here off Beatties Ford Road north of Uptown. Back in 1780, the British Army occupied Charlotte under General Charles Cornwallis. Short on provisions themselves, they came to believe that the colonials had stored food and such at McIntyre's Farm near Charlotte. A foraging party of over 400 British troops was sent to the farm. And instead of being successful, they were routed by 14 (yes, fourteen) patriots under the command of Colonel George Graham. Known as the "Battle of the Bees," as the patriots defense was aided by the British troops having disturbed a hornets nest. Later, Cornwallis is alleged to have written a letter back to London asking for reinforcements. He complainted that Charlotte was "that hot-bed of rebellion, that hornet's nest, as his lordship afterwards named it." There is a marker, a dirt area for parking and a picnic bench. The marker is close to the road. There seems to be no trace of the original farm remaining. So there you go. Buzz City, indeed. [Review 12970 overall, 286 of 2020.]

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Battle of McIntyre's Farm Historical Marker - Battle of McIntyre’s Farm Historical Marker, Charlotte

Battle of McIntyre’s Farm Historical Marker, Charlotte

Battle of McIntyre's Farm Historical Marker - Battle of McIntyre’s Farm Historical Marker, Charlotte

Battle of McIntyre’s Farm Historical Marker, Charlotte

Battle of McIntyre's Farm Historical Marker - Battle of McIntyre’s Farm Historical Marker, Charlotte

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Battle of McIntyre’s Farm Historical Marker, Charlotte

Early Trans-Catawba History Historical Marker - Early Trans-Catawba History Historical Marker, Stanley NC

Early Trans-Catawba History Historical Marker

3.0(1 review)
3.0 mi

I've lived in Charlotte for 13 years now and while I knew of the Catawba River and the Native…read moreAmericans who lived here, it was still interesting to find this marker. It is in a small observation parking lot that has a view of the Cowans Ford hydroelectric plant. You can't get close to the dam (security!), but you can see it pretty well from here. The marker was erected at around the same time. The marker reads: In 1747 Adam Sherrill and his 8 sons migrated from Pennsylvania and settled west of the Catawba River. By July, 1749, John Beatty had also crossed the Catawba. Sherrill's Ford (site underwater) and Beatty's Ford (underwater) were named for them. Another ford used by the original settlers was Island Ford. During the late 1740's Andreas Killen, Robert Leeper, Jacob Forney, Pieter Heyl, and John Clark settled on creeks which today bear their names. An early settler on the headwaters of Clark's Creek was Henry Weidner (home destroyed). The site of his homeplace has changed little since 1750. Remnants of Beatty's Ford and Tuckaseege roads, two of the earliest roads used by these and other early settlers, may still be seen. During the Revolution important battles were fought at Ramsour's Mill (June 20, 1780) (destroyed) and Cowan's Ford (Feb. 1, 1781) (preserved). During the Colonial and Early National periods it was customary to use privately-owned buildings for public purposes. Accordingly, the Tryon County Jail (partially preserved) was located in 1784 at the springhouse of Henry Dellinger, an early settler. Andrew Loretz was the first minister of the German Reformed Church in western North Carolina. His brick home (1793) is one of the oldest west of the Catawba River (preserved). Open-hearth furnaces were established by Peter Forney Alexander Brevard, Joseph Graham, and others between 1785 and 1800. The homeplaces of Brevard (Mt. Tirzah) (preserved) and Graham (Vesuvius Furnace) (preserved) include sites of two of these furnaces. A third furnace, built by Peter Forney, still stands. The "Ore Bank," a chief source of iron ore, was nearby (large pits to be seen). Graham, a Revolutionary officer and leader of North Carolina troops in the Creek Indian War (1811-12); Alexander Brevard, who served under Washington at the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, and Monmouth; and Robert H. Morrison, founder of Davidson College and father-in-law of generals D. H. Hill and "Stonewall" Jackson lie buried in Machpelah churchyard (preserved). One of the outstanding homes of the trans-Catawba region is "Ingleside" (preserved), built by Daniel M. Forney, son of Peter Forney and grandson of the pioneer Jacob Forney who settled there. "Mt. Welcome" (destroyed), another iron furnace built by Peter Forney, is the site of the birthplace of Robert D. Johnston, one of five Confederate generals born in Lincoln County. The others were Robert F. Hoke (home preserved), Stephen Dodson Ramseur (grave preserved), John H. Forney, and William H. Forney. For early history of the area east of the Catawba see marker located on N.C. 150--500 yds. east of Catawba River, Iredell County. [Review 12724 overall, 36 of 2020.]

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Cowan's Ford Dam from the parking lot

William Lee Davidson Historical Marker - William Lee Davidson Historical Marker

William Lee Davidson Historical Marker

3.0(1 review)
3.0 mi

This marker is under a tree and so it's not in great condition. It's also hard to read if you're…read morezipping by. I was able to park in the nearby church lot and walk over. The marker reads, "Whig general, was killed at Cowan's Ford, Feb. 1, 1781. Davidson College and Davidson County are named for him." Davidson College: https://www.yelp.com/biz/davidson-college-davidson Online, as is usual with North Carolina's brief markers, there is more information. "William Lee Davidson, for whom both Davidson County and of Davidson College are named, was born in 1746 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the son of George Davidson, an Irish immigrant. William's mother apparently died in childbirth, and George Davidson joined the migration from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont of North Carolina, eventually settling along Davidson's Creek in Iredell County. When his father died in 1760, William was placed under the care of Alexander Osborn and John Brevard, two of the wealthiest men in the area. Under their patronage, Davidson attended Sugaw Creek Academy near Charlotte and studied under Alexander Craighead. In 1767, Davidson married Mary Brevard, John's daughter, and sister of Ephraim Brevard, one of the authors of the Mecklenburg Resolves." "On February 1, 1781, Davidson's militia forces attempted to delay Cornwallis's crossing of the Catawba River at Cowan's Ford. His men held against a vastly numerical superior force until Davidson fell dead from multiple gunshots." "Davidson's death was much lamented in the American ranks. Described as the "chief instrument relied upon by Greene for the assemblage of the militia," Davidson was remembered as "a man of popular manners, pleasing address, active and indefatigable." His pistols, sword, and wallet were taken by British forces and given to Cornwallis after the skirmish. They are on display at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro." Quite the Continental hero. Much respect. [Review 13393 overall, 712 of 2020.]

Joseph Dickson - Joseph Dickson Historical Marker

Joseph Dickson

3.0(1 review)
7.3 mi

This marker is at the intersection of NC 27 and Westland Farm Road. I did drive the quarter mile to…read morethe west but did not see anything that looked like it might have been an 18th century home. The marker reads, "Joseph Dickson 1745-1825. Colonel in Revolution, later brigadier general, member of legislatures of North Carolina and Tennessee, and of United States Congress. His home stands 1/4 mile west." Online, there is more information. "Military and political leader Joseph Dickson was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in April 1745. At the age of ten he moved with his family to Rowan County. In 1775, on the eve of the Revolution, he was a member of the Rowan County Committee on Safety. That same year he was commissioned as a captain in the Continental Army." "While in the Senate he sat on a committee that established the University of North Carolina and became one of the original trustees of the University. After serving in the Senate he returned to Lincoln County where he was elected as a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives. He represented Wilkes, Burke, Rutherford, and Lincoln counties in the Sixth Congress from 1799 to 1801. He served two terms in the Tennessee legislature, from 1807 to 1811. During the second term he was Speaker of the House, his last position in public office." And here we learn that the house referenced in the marker text no longer stands and the sign will be updated when funds permit. [Review 14253 overall, 1576 of 2020, number 2688 in North Carolina.]

Rural Hill - landmarks - Updated May 2026

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