M A K I N G M O N U M E N TA L
HISTORY 1600s
Saura and Keyauwee Indians call Piedmont region home until about 1710
1767
Presbyterian missionary David Caldwell starts classical academy
1808
General Assembly passes act naming town of Greensborough
1856
1754
NC Society of Friends authorizes Quaker monthly meeting at New Garden in Guilford County
1781
General Nathanael Greene leads rebel troops against Lord Charles Cornwallis and British forces at Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15
1819
Earliest documented Underground Railroad activity in Guilford County, with the escape of John Dimery
First train arrives in city
1865 1892
NC A&M College (today’s A&T) and the State Normal & Industrial College (today’s UNCG) established
1937
White Oak Mill (part of Cone Industries) is world’s largest denim mill
1957
Josephine Boyd, the first African American student to integrate a NC high school, enrolls at Greensboro High School on September 4
1980
College Hill neighborhood designated as city’s first local historic district
Greensboro serves as seat of the Confederate government for a few days beginning April 11
1894
Elm Street pharmacist Lunsford Richardson introduces Vicks VapoRub
1943
World War II training camp opens, later known as Overseas Replacement Depot; more than 330,000 service personnel will be processed there through 1946
1960
NC A&T students launch sit-in movement at F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter on February 1
2022 Greensboro continues to grow with new hotels, restaurants and businesses. Many exciting performances at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts are scheduled. Public Art continues to flourish around the city with goals to complete 500 pieces by 2025. Greensboro Mural, Photo by Tracy Anderson @tracyandersonphoto
