Record #:

10643

Author(s):

Dunn, Michael J., III

Abstract:

The Graham County Railroad, the last common carrier in the country to rely totally on Shay geared logging type, steam locomotives, has ceased commercial operations. During the 1950s and 1960s, railroad fans from across the country would come to Graham County to watch, hear, and hopefully ride the little mountain railroad. The loss of the commercial business is softened by the fact that the Graham County Railroad has left its all-steam operation tradition and a portion of its facilities and equipment to the surviving Bear Creek Scenic summer tourist railroad.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 17, Feb 1971, p9-10, 31, il

Subject(s):

Railroad stations--Graham County

Record #:

10644

Author(s):

Pearce, T. H.

Abstract:

The Cascine plantation, built in 1750 and located three miles south of Louisburg in Franklin County, NC, was selected by the advisory committee of the Historic American Buildings Survey as possessing exceptional historic or architectural interest worthy of most careful preservation for the benefit of future generations. The 1500-acre plantation is owned today by Bennett H. Perry, a Henderson attorney and direct descendant of one of the seven Perry brothers who settled the land in 1746. The Perry brothers came from Virginia after receiving the land by grant from the Earl of Granville.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 17, Feb 1971, p12-14, il

Subject(s):

Plantations--Louisburg; Historic buildings--Louisburg

Record #:

10645

Author(s):

Jones, Ora L.

Abstract:

Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, various groups of lawbreakers populated the mountains of western North Carolina and east Tennessee. Outliers were men who were hiding in the forests to dodge conscription. As the war progressed, they were joined by groups of deserters from the army who sought to keep out of the clutches of army patrols. Deserters who returned home often became associated with other outlaws and began operating in groups known as bushwhackers. Bushwhackers would wear either Union or Confederate uniforms and raid local homes for food, clothing, livestock and other supplies.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 17, Feb 1971, p15-16, 31, il

Subject(s):

Guerrillas--Outliers

Record #:

10646

Author(s):

Lancaster, Ralph

Abstract:

92-year-old George Black of Winston-Salem, recently featured on CBS television and now being sent by the U.S. State Department to Guyana to teach people how to make brick by hand has been at his craft for over 80 years. Brick made by hand with equipment that went out of style 50 years ago may seem out of place in North Carolina, the nation's leading brick producing state. Black's handmade brick factory, believed to be the only one the South, gets orders for handmade, colonial brick from many places, including restored historical sites such as Williamsburg, Va. and Old Salem, N.C., and modern commercial customers such as Wachovia Bank and Trust, Co., which builds many of its branches from Black's product.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 17, Feb 1971, p16-17, il, por

Subject(s):

Factories--Winston Salem; Brickwork