Batteaux and Batteauxmen

Historical marker location:

15 Jackson Street Extension, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Jackson Street Extension and Roanoke Avenue (State Highway 48), on the right when traveling west.)

Navigating A Perilous River.

North Carolina was the site of the first successful powered flight of a helicopter, which occurred in Asheville in 1924.