Record #:

10955

Author(s):

Moore, Sally G.

Abstract:

In the spring of 1942, German submarines controlled the waters off North Carolina with 52 known sinkings. The attacks were so severe that the army decided to install guns at Cape Lookout. However, the guns got stuck in the sand, and even with modern equipment, the army could not budge them. Moore recounts how Denard Davis of the nearby village of Davis moved the guns.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 22, Apr 1968, p8-10, il

Subject(s):

Cape Lookout--History; Submarine warfare--Cape Lookout

Record #:

10956

Author(s):

Siler, Leon M.

Abstract:

Two twin bridges each 1,050 feet long and 220 feet high span the Green River Gorge in Henderson County. The bridge is the state's highest river crossing.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 22, Apr 1968, p11, 22, il

Subject(s):

Bridges--Design and construction--Henderson County

Record #:

10957

Author(s):

Wright, W.B.

Abstract:

\"The Freedom Road,\" a mural of three panels covering a space forty-two feet wide and six feet high, hangs in the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough. The mural portrays three important events in the early history of Orange County. Kenneth W. Whitsett, a muralist of historical subjects who is without peer in North Carolina, painted it.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 22, Apr 1968, p12-13, 22, il, por

Subject(s):

Mural painting and decoration--Hillsborough