Record #:

28628

Author(s):

Crow, Jeffrey J.

Abstract:

North Carolina Governor Daniel L. Russell was a nonconformist who offered radical alternatives to the economic and political dicta of the Democrats during the 1880s. Russell challenged southern sanctities concerning race, class and political party.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 20 Issue 3, May 1977, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

Governors; Russell, Daniel Lindsay, 1845-1908

Record #:

28692

Author(s):

Dunwoody, Ryan; Maxwell, Haley; Jones, Charlotte; Simmons, Parker

Abstract:

The four winning essays of the Daughters of the American Revolution History Essay Contest are presented. The contest challenged students of New Hanover County to write a history essay about a fictional character that lived in 1869 and celebrated the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, July 2010, p1-7, il, map, f

Subject(s):

Writing; Contests; Railroad--History

Record #:

8456

Author(s):

Rehder, Barbara Beeland

Abstract:

Rehder divides her discussion of early North Carolina libraries into three types. First to be established were parochial-public libraries. These were books that were sent to ministers by England's Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Eventually these books met the needs of the whole community and became public property. Second were private libraries of individual citizens. Wills, inventories, existing collections, and a few books in the hands of descendants help to identify the books' original owners. Third was the Cape Fear Library. A group of area gentlemen donated a fee each year for the purchase of books, newspapers, and periodicals, and the acquisition of a reading room to hold them. This library lasted until 1781, when British soldiers and North Carolina Militia soldiers stole much of the material.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Feb 1964, p3-7, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Libraries--Cape Fear Region--History--18th century

Record #:

28624

Author(s):

Flowers, John B., III

Abstract:

The reputed ride of Polly Slocumb to the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in 1776 is a legend of North Carolina history. The lack of proof has prompted historians to doubt whether the event actually occurred.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Feb 1976, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; Legends

Record #:

28618

Author(s):

Arnold, Wayne S.

Abstract:

Presbyterianism arrived relatively late to the Cape Fear region, after Brunswick Town became established in 1726. The Scotch, Scotch-Irish and Swiss Protestants who settled in the area organized the first Presbyterian congregations.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Jan 1974, p1-6, f

Subject(s):

Presbyterians--History

Record #:

28613

Author(s):

Williams, Isabel M.; McEachern, Leora H.

Abstract:

From the time of the early settlements, salt was produced by two methods on the North Carolina coast. One method was by solar evaporation and the second method was by boiling sea water. This most efficient system was fully developed by the start of the Civil War.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 15 Issue 3, May 1972, p1-5, il, f

Subject(s):

Salt--North Carolina--History

Record #:

18573

Author(s):

Russell, Anne; Miller, James A.

Abstract:

Edge Hill still lies nestled next to Arlie Gardens only a few minutes from Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, North Carolina. Russell and Miller discuss the historic properties and lifestyle of this quaint community.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 56 Issue 2, June 2012, p1-4, f

Subject(s):

Historic districts--Wilmington--Edge Hill

Record #:

10257

Author(s):

Glover, Lucy Ann

Abstract:

Glover discusses the life and work of Wilmington writer, researcher, and preservationist, Elizabeth McKoy.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 51 Issue 3, Oct 2007, p1-8, il, por, map, f

Subject(s):

McKoy, Elizabeth Francenia, 1887-1984

Record #:

28280

Author(s):

Abstract:

This is a collection of primary source documentation regarding various episodes of the Civil War in Wilmington. The letters are of a familial nature, and document camp life and the early blockade of Wilmington.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 10 Issue 2, June 1967, p1, 3

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives

Record #:

28614

Author(s):

Walsh, Virginia

Abstract:

An excerpt from the Wilmington Journal gave an extensive description of the fires that destroyed Front Street Methodist Episcopal Church in 1886 and Grace Methodist Church in 1947. Despite the destruction, most of the records stored in the churches were preserved. The records include documents of the founding of the church, mission records, membership lists, birth and death records.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 16 Issue 1, Oct 1972, p1-6, il, f

Subject(s):

Churches; Fires

Record #:

5406

Author(s):

Abstract:

Life on the homefront in Wilmington during World War II is portrayed as seen through the eyes of Dorothy Ulrich Troubetzkoy. Mrs. Troubetzkoy was the wife of Serge Troubetzkoy, an army officer, stationed at nearby Camp Davis.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 43 Issue 3, July 1999, p1-8

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History

Record #:

28622

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

Throughout the colonial era, Wilmington town commissioners grappled with the constant threat of fire. Despite the absence of serious fires, a number of precautionary measures were taken to protect the town. Before the Revolution, Wilmington had the most advanced means of fire control of any town in North Carolina.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 18 Issue 3, May 1975, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History--19th Century; Fires

Record #:

3999

Author(s):

Fonvielle, Chris E.

Abstract:

Built in 1862, Fort Anderson was the last fortification against Union troops moving up the Cape Fear River to attack Wilmington. It fell to Union soldiers on February 17, 1865, leading to the capture of Wilmington and effectively shutting off the Confederacy's last supply line.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 42 Issue 3, Oct 1998, p1-8

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Wilmington--History--19th Century; Fort Anderson (Brunswick County)

Record #:

28199

Author(s):

Honeycutt, Jr., Ava L.

Abstract:

From 1907 to 1910, many politicians and Civil War veterans that served during the siege of Fort Fisher urged a Congressional subcommittee to allocate funds to provide for a national park to commemorate this decisive event in Civil War history.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 5 Issue 1, Nov 1961, p4-5, il

Subject(s):

Fort Fisher (New Hanover County)

Record #:

28278

Author(s):

Voorhees, John

Abstract:

After a decade of involvement in the historical preservation of Wilmington, the Lower Cape Fear Society will lay out long-term plans on how best to proceed and consider the rights of current citizens in the historical district.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Feb 1966, p1-4, il

Subject(s):

Historic preservation--Wilmington