Record #:

6241

Author(s):

Comer, Susan L.

Abstract:

Roanoke Rapids in Halifax County is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month. The town recently marked its 100th anniversary in 1997. The textile mills that once powered the economy are gone. The largest employer now is a paper mill with a workforce of 600. Comer recounts the town's history, which includes the state's largest historic district, with over 1,100 properties, and current restoration efforts.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 7, Dec 2003, p18-20, 22-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Roanoke Rapids--History; Roanoke Rapids--Description and travel

Record #:

6242

Author(s):

Terrell, Bob

Abstract:

Terrell describes the first airplane flight made in the mountains around Asheville on April 18, 1911. Both the pilot, Lincoln Beachey, and the plane arrived by train. Eight years later, Henry Westall, a local man who had flown in World War I, became the first man to fly out of the mountains and back in again. Westall flew roundtrip from Asheville to Morganton.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 7, Dec 2003, p25-26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Beachey, Lincoln, 1887-1915; Westall, Henry; Air pilots--Asheville

Record #:

6243

Author(s):

Comer, Susan L.

Abstract:

Luther Ashby of Hudson makes a line of Appalachian folk toys whose origins date back three or four hundred years, their designs copied, improved upon, and passed on to the next generation. His business, Pioneer Folk Toys, produces 24 items, including flipper-dingers and Gee-Haw Whimmydiddles.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 7, Dec 2003, p31-32, 34, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Toys; Ashby, Luther; Toymakers--Hudson