Orange County, NC Highway Historical Markers

In 1935 the North Carolina General Assembly authorized the establishment of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program (see Public Laws, Chapter 197). Since then, the program has been administered as a cooperative venture among state agencies. It is presently the joint responsibility of the Historical Research Office, Division of Historical Resources, Department of Cultural Resources, and the Traffic Engineering Branch, Division of Highways, Department of Transportation. The state program, modeled after one begun in Virginia in 1927, was/is an effort to standardize the practice of marking sites of statewide historical significance. The silver and black markers have become a familiar part of the state's landscape since the first one was put in place in Granville County on January 10, 1936.

For more information see DNCR's NC Highway Historical Marker Program website.

Here's my opinions regarding certain markers here in OC:

William Hooper 1742-1790 (G-4): Accurate, necessary, appropriate
Francis Nash (G-10): Is it entirely accurate?
Thomas Ruffin 1787-1870 (G-11): Oh man...likely needs some additions/updates; this guy was bad news
Moses A. Curtis (G-64): Is it necessary from a state-wide perspective?
Hughes Academy (G-66): Quite inaccurate
Occaneechi (G-33): Good, necessary
Edmund Fanning 1776-1847 (G-19): Totally unnecessary and inappropriate IMHO
Thomas Burke (G-16): Is it necessary? If so, should it be made more relevant to local history?
Regulators Hanged (G-23): Could we even live without it? :)
Elizabeth Keckly 1818-1907 (G-115): Accurate, necessary, appropriate
Billy Strayhorn 1915-1967 (G-125): Accurate, necessary, appropriate, cool
William Churton (G-136): Could use an update? Could be better placed
Elizabeth Cotten 1893-1987 (G-129): Necessary, appropriate, cool...but it's at the wrong Lloyd Street!
Hart's Mill (G-122): Is it necessary? It was a relatively minor skirmish