Record #:

4175

Author(s):

Liles, Granville

Abstract:

Carl Sandburg, one of the country's greatest poets and authors, purchased a house with 240 acres in Flat Rock in 1945. What surprises many people is the reason he and his family moved from Michigan. His wife, Lilian, had a business raising Chikaming goats. She was seeking a more temperate climate for her herd, considered one of the nation's finest. Sandburg wrote his only novel, Remembrance Rock, there. After his death in 1967, his home became a National Historic Site.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Aug 1990, p30-32, il

Subject(s):

Flat Rock--Buildings, structures, etc.; Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967; Historic sites--Flat Rock

Record #:

4178

Author(s):

Allen, Joseph Baneth

Abstract:

Called the \"Pleasure Palace of the South,\" the Lumina, built at Wrightsville Beach in 1905, was 25,000 square feet of fun, swimming, and dancing. For little or no money people could dance to the music of Kay Kaiser or Guy Lombardo. The building, illuminated by thousands of lights, was \"the place to be\" from 1910 to 1940. In 1973, it was torn down to make space for apartments and condominiums.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Aug 1990, p10-11, il

Subject(s):

Wrightsville Beach--History; Amusements--Wrightsville Beach; Pavilions--Wrightsville Beach