Alleghany County
Tidbits

• The birthplace of
  Del Reeves,
  country singer;
• The birthplace of

  Rufus Doughton,
  NC Legislator &
  NC Lt. Governor
• The birthplace of Robert Lee Doughton,
  US Congressman
• The New River is 2nd only in age to the Nile.

Stokes County Tidbits

• The only county in the United States that has a mountain range, Sauratown Mountains, within its borders.
• North Carolina's block in the Washington Monument was quarried near Danbury.
• Tories Den, a cave located beneath Moores Knob in Hanging Rock State Park, was occupied by a band of Tories during the Revolutionary War.

Surry County Tidbits

• Eng & Chang Bunker, the famous Siamese twins, settled in the county in the mid-19th century.
• The birthplace of Andy Griffith, actor and singer, famous for his role as Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show.
• The Wright Brothers Monument in Kitty Hawk, NC is constructed of granite quarried in Mount Airy.

Yadkin County Tidbits

• The birthplace of Thomas L. Clingman, US Senator and Confederate General
• The name Yadkin first appears in a letter from Abraham Wood dated 1674 and refers to an Indian village called "Yattken Town."
• Richmond Pearson, Chief Justice of the NC Supreme Court from 1858 to 1878.