NCPI Workmark
Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.

Search Results


1 result for Cowper, Pulaski
Currently viewing results 1 - 1
PAGE OF 1
Record #:
12680
Author(s):
Abstract:
North Carolinians played witness to a great hoax perpetrated in 1883 by Dr. G. W. Blacknall, Pulaski Cowper, and Col. Fred Olds, all from Raleigh. The gentlemen penned a story of the rescue of a small child who had been carried out to sea via a cluster of balloons. The story was published by the News & Observer, causing great controversy.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 29 Issue 7, Sept 1961, p9-10, il
Full Text: