Record #:

5963

Author(s):

Faulkner, Janice Hardison

Abstract:

Halifax is the site of the first documented vote for American independence from England. It was cast by the Fourth Provincial Congress convened there on April 4, 1776. Faulkner discusses the history of the town and the buildings under restoration there.

Source:

New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 3 Issue 4, Sept/Oct 1975, p6-9, il

Subject(s):

Halifax--History; Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--Halifax

Record #:

5964

Author(s):

Blackburn, Charles, Jr.

Abstract:

Blackburn discusses the Lowry Gang, a notorious band of murderers and thieves who plundered and ravaged Robeson County in the decade after the end of the Civil War.

Source:

New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 3 Issue 4, Sept/Oct 1975, p18-21, il, por

Subject(s):

Robeson County--History; Outlaws--Robeson County; Lowrie (Lowry), Henry Berry, 1845-1872