Record #:

22851

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

In this group of local tales, a horse of Col. Harry Skinner got its hoof caught on a railroad track in 1900. A train came barreling along and stopped just in time. The engineer and another man worked to free the horse. In 1886, it was long known that the Venters Cross Roads and Calico section were filled with tough people. A Deputy Sheriff told of a run in with a tough woman from that section. There is the story of Mrs. Turner Pollard, who in 1885 visited Greenville for the first time since the Civil War, to purchase her burial dress. She went home and had her burial dress prepared. Next she had a grave dug beside her husband, which was bricked up ready for use. It is not known if she died, but at least she was prepared. There is a remarkable story from 1902 of how Isaac McGowan, a black man, ran down and killed a deer on Dickinson Ave. And finally, a hilarious story, of how bears fool hunters. There was a big hunt for a bear in 1886 and when they think they have it, it turns out to be a turkey buzzard.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Sept 12-25 1990, p6

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History