Record #:

12332

Author(s):

Wright, W.B.

Abstract:

Carl Goerch, editor, author, broadcaster, and founder and publisher of The State magazine in 1933, is remembered in this editorial. Goerch died in September 1974.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 4, Sept 1974, p2-3, 35-36, por

Subject(s):

Goerch, Carl, 1891-1974

Record #:

12333

Author(s):

Stancil, Bill

Abstract:

Josiah Pender was a blockade runner during the Civil War. After the death of his first wife, Pender married Laura Melvina Pender of Tarboro in 1862. She traveled with him on many voyages and composed numerous letters that documented the drama of blockade running. On one journey aboard The Advance from Bermuda to Tarboro in 1863, Mrs. Pender, who was expecting her first child, took command of the ship when the captain was indecisive, and ran the Wilmington blockade under a barrage of cannon fire from the Union ships.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 4, Sept 1974, p12-14, 20, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Record #:

12334

Author(s):

Roberts, Bruce

Abstract:

The surgical set used to amputate General Stonewall Jackson's arm changed hands several times before being donated to The Country Doctor Museum in Bailey, North Carolina. One of Jackson's surgeons, Dr. Matthew Moore Butler, had the responsibility of preserving the instruments and bringing them home to Bristol, Tennessee. The instruments had been placed in a barrel filled with hot wax and were brought home at the end of the war. Roberts recounts how the instruments arrived at the Country Doctor Museum.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 4, Sept 1974, p18-19, il, por

Subject(s):

Country Doctor Museum (Bailey); Museums--Bailey; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Surgical instruments; Butler, Matthew Moore, 1838-1913

Record #:

12335

Author(s):

Grimshawe, Leeming

Abstract:

Early settlers in Western North Carolina faced the challenging work of clearing newground for crops. Knowing nothing of crop-rotation and fertilizing, pioneer farmers often depleted the rich soil's nutrients, giving them cause to break more new ground by clearing land and \"deadening\"trees.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 4, Sept 1974, p20, il

Subject(s):

Farming--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

12336

Author(s):

Jenkins, Mitchell

Abstract:

Coastal fishermen sometimes prefer the striking technique to catch flounder. Often called gigging or spearing, striking requires a long-handled, pronged gig and a flashlight and generally yields more success at low tide on dark, calm nights

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 4, Sept 1974, p21-22, il

Subject(s):

Flatfish fishing

Record #:

12337

Author(s):

Mathis, Charles

Abstract:

The Historic Richmond Hill Nature Park in Yadkin County is the first combined historic-nature park in North Carolina. The park includes the home of Richmond Mumford Pearson, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, as well as nearly five miles of nature trails.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 4, Sept 1974, p26-27, 44, il, por

Subject(s):

Parks--Yadkin County