Record #:

8286

Author(s):

Stephenson, E. Frank

Abstract:

Richard Gordon Gatling was born in a log cabin at Maney's Neck in Hertford County on September 12, 1818. By the middle of the 19th-century, he was world-famous for his agricultural inventions. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he began work on a weapon that would bring him lasting fame -- the Gatling Gun, patented on November 4, 1862. Gatling felt that by building a weapon that was so destructive of human life, it would prevent wars.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Fall 2006, p28-30, il, por

Subject(s):

Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818-1903; Gatling gun

Record #:

10736

Author(s):

Stephenson, E. Frank, Jr.

Abstract:

What began with the donation of an 18th century building in 1966 has burgeoned into a unique three million dollar project of \"adaptive restoration\" in historic Murfreesboro. The city, located on the head of the navigation for the Meherrin River, was a King's Landing as early as 1740 and for many years thereafter experienced a brisk trade between northern colonies, the West Indies, and Europe. When Edwin P. Brown sought to donate the 1790 William Rea store in 1966, the then inactive Murfree Historical Association was revamped into The Murfreesboro Historical Association, Inc., a non-profit educational organization for the preservation and restoration of 18th and 19th century properties in and near historic Murfreesboro.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 19, Mar 1970, p11-12, 29, il

Subject(s):

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Murfreesboro