2.  atlatl.  Device for throwing spears used by Native American hunters.

3.  Oconeechee Trail.  Native American trading route essentially following the route of present day Tryon St.

4.  Alexander Craighead.  New Side Presbyterian minister of local Presbyterian churches who did much to set the tone of anti-British sentiment in the decade preceding the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.

5.  George Whitefield.  Great Awakening evangelists who deeply influenced Alexander Craighead while Craighead was living in Pennsylvania.

6.  William Tryon.  Royal Governor of North Carolina at the time of the establishment of Charlotte (1768)

7.  Thomas Polk.  Leader of local Scots Irish community in Mecklenburg County who persuaded Governor Tryon to establish Charlotte as seat courthouse town of Mecklenburg County.

8.  Captain Jack.  Man who rode on horseback in 1775 to Philadelphia with the Mecklenburg Resolves and according to local legend the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

9.  William R. Davie.  Commander of the Patriot militia in the Battle of Charlotte in September 1780.

10.  Nathanael Greene.  Commanding General of the Southern Patriot Army in 1780-1781.   Took command in December 1780 in Charlotte.

11.  Hopewell Presbyterian Church.  One of the original Presbyterian Churches in Mecklenburg County.  Still active, it is located on Beatties Ford Road in Huntersvile.

12.  Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.  Document allegedly signed by the captains of the militia companies in Charlotte on May 20, 1775.  The date is on the North Carolina State flag.

13.  Mecklenburg Resolves.  Provisional declaration of independence signed by the captains of the militia companies of Mecklenburg County on May 31, 1775.

14.  George Locke.  Patriot soldier killed in aftermath of the Battle of Charlotte.  A marker noting is death and sacrifice is located on North Tryon St.

15.  Hezekiah Alexander House.  Oldest extant house in Mecklenburg County.  Built by Hezekiah Alexander in 1774.

16.  Stafford Cabin.  Only surviving structure once inhabited by enslaved people in Mecklenburg County.  Located in the Mint Hill section.

17.  Levy Rankin.  Jewish slave trader in Charlotte.  Noted for his using a slave yoke as a means of advertisement.

18.  Uncle Jim.  Slave fondly remembered by Albert McCoy's family.  A marker commemorated "Uncle Jim" and "Aunt Lizzie" is located on McCoy Road.

19.  Sarah Frew Davidson.  Wife of slaveowner who was prompted to teach slaves to read so that the could read the Bible.

20.  William Tasse Alexander.  Benevolent slave master whose plantation once included what is now the UNCC Campus. 

21.  Cedar Grove.  Most imposing ante-bellum plantation house in Mecklenburg County.  The home of the Torance family, whose family papers are housed in the Special Collections Department of the Atkins Library at UNCC.

22.  Conrad Reed.  Young farm boy who accidentally discovered what turned out to be gold in Little Meadow Creek in what was then eastern Mecklenburg County.  This set into motion what eventually became the Carolina Gold Rush.

23.  William Johnston.  One of the major advocates for the establishment of a railroad to Charlotte.  The Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad began service in October 1852.

24.  Daniel Harvey Hill.  Soldier in the Mexican War who eventually came to Davidson College to teach mathematics and to "put the school in order."  Later he became Superintendent of the North Carolina Military Academy and a leading General in the Confederate army.

25.  "Old Bad Man"  Leading character in a story told by "Aunt Lizzie," a beloved slave, to children of Albert McCoy.

26.  Alexander Slave Cemetery.  Largest known ante-bellum African American burial ground in Mecklenburg County.  Located on Mallard Creek Church Road, part of the W. T. Alexander Plantation.

27.  Rudisill Mine.  Deep shaft gold mine developed in the 1830s by the London Mining Company.  Located just south of Center City Charlotte.

28.  John Gluyas.  Cornishman who came to Mecklenburg County to work in the Capps Gold Mine off Beatties Ford Road.

29.  Ku Klux Klan.  Founded in 1866 by former Confederate soldiers, this organization was designed to intimidate and harass African Americans, especially to keep the away from voting.

30.  William Holden.  First Republican Governor of North Carolina, elected in 1868.  Holden was a champion of Reconstruction.

31.  Andrew Johnson.  Lincoln's successor as President of the United States, Johnson was sympathetic to the White ruling elite of the South.

32.  Thaddeus Stevens.  Radical Republican who led the impeachment efforts against Andrew Johnson and who was at the forefront of Radical Reconstruction.

33.  Zebulon Vance.  Governor of North Carolina during most of the Civil War, Vance was elected Governor again in 1876, a major signal that Radical Reconstruction was coming to an end.

34.  Edward Dilworth Latta.  Developer of Dilworth and introduced electric streetcar service to Charotte.  A leading local proponent of New South industrialism

35.  Daniel August Tompkins.  Leading New South prophet in Charlotte.  Major proponent of industrialization of the South, especially textiles.  Established the Charlotte Observer to promote New South values.