Record #:

2631

Author(s):

Parker, Cherry

Abstract:

P. T. Beeman studied medicine with Dr. Edmund Fontaine of Wadesboro, completed his studies at Charleston Medical College, and practiced in Anson County. A radical medical thinker, his tombstone reads, \"I Fed Fever.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Sept 1987, p11,13, il

Subject(s):

Physicians--Biography; Beeman, Parks Turner, 1833-1903; Physicians--Anson County

Record #:

2634

Author(s):

MacKenzie, Lois Welborn

Abstract:

Driven off their lands in 1838, a group of Cherokees hid out in Graham County. Known today as the Snowbird Indians, many, like Maggie Axe Wachaha, have maintained their identify while surrounded by a changing world.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Sept 1987, p12-14,34-35, il

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina; Graham County--History

Record #:

2635

Author(s):

Mattson, Richard L.

Abstract:

In the state's rural sections, far removed from school areas and paved courts, basketball flourishes, played with homemade goals attached to oak trees, barns, or sides of houses.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Sept 1987, p20-21,30, il

Subject(s):

Basketball