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

Search Results


3 results for The State Vol. 21 Issue 9, Aug 1953
Currently viewing results 1 - 3
PAGE OF 1
Record #:
13283
Author(s):
Abstract:
Slowly, but steadily, modernistic highways are speedily replacing the original antiquated system.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 9, Aug 1953, p3-5, f
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
13284
Author(s):
Abstract:
The Philip Alston house, standing in Deep River's Horseshoe Bend in upper Moore County may soon become one of North Carolina's historical shrines. The house is one of the finest surviving examples of colonial architecture in the state and has a thrilling history of blood and battle. But it came very close to vanishing by fire in 1781, when Tory David Fanning, a notorious house-burner during the Revolutionary War, tried to destroy it. However, the site was saved by a lady, Miss Elizabeth Chancy Altson.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 9, Aug 1953, p6, 13, f
Full Text:
Record #:
13285
Author(s):
Abstract:
Not only did North Carolina have the first plane flight (and the first plane wreck), but it also had the first photo taken of a plane in flight. This photo, featured in The State, July 18, was made by Captain John Daniels of Roanoke Island.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 9, Aug 1953, p7
Subject(s):
Full Text: