Gold was mined commercially in Franklin County for almost one hundred years from its discovery in 1835. This article presents the boom and subsequent decline of gold digging in Franklin County.
General Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889) published ‘The Land We Love,’ a monthly magazine that first appeared in May 1866 after the American Civil War. This article discusses General Hill’s reasons for publishing a magazine at a time when there was very little money in the country as a result of the war.
Elmo Tant owns Elmo’s Pumpkin Farm in Franklin County. He decided to grow pumpkins to diversify his tobacco farm in the late 1960s and now provides pumpkins for Halloween carving.
E. H. McFarland of Louisburg, North Carolina collects old musical machines, such as player pianos and nickelodians; he restores and rebuilds the machines.
The 1997 National Black Theatre Festival, which is held biennially in Winston-Salem, showcased over twenty theater productions and numerous playwrights, actors, producers, and directors.