The Underground Railroad was not underground nor was it a railroad. It was an informal network of secret hideouts that helped an estimated 100,000 slaves escape from their southern plantation masters. It is a thrilling story of courage and resourcefulness that ended in 1863 when President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. The following article is by the late Allen Trelease, [...]
The Forsyth Public Library launched its annual community-wide read, On the Same Page, on Saturday, September 12, during the Bookmark Festival of Books at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Adults, old and young, are invited to read Nathaniel Philbrick’s historical thriller, In the Heart of the Sea, the true story of an early 19th century New England whaling [...]
Harol Marshall Harol Marshall, author of nine novels, six mysteries, one short story anthology, and two thrillers. prefers wine to beer but her husband, Gerald Meisner, appreciates both. I sat at my writing desk absorbed in researching background material for my latest mystery novel when my husband walked into the study and marched over to the file cabinet. Deciding to [...]
The dazzling mountain vistas that surround Old Edwards Inn are unchanged since the summer of 1878, when John Norton opened Highlands’ first boarding house for visitors. Railroads were being built throughout the expanding United States, and Norton knew the mountains would be a magnet for tourists seeking its healing climate. Today the splashing waterfalls and wooded forests are unchanged; however, [...]
Board member and retired Admiral Steve Glass obtained 501(c)(3) status for the Park’s foundation. He credits the efforts of the board and many Cary volunteers with bringing the Park to fruition. Veterans’ Freedom Park at 1513 Harrison Parkway in Cary is a symbol of the cost and value of freedom but it is also a story of how a community [...]
When a new genre of American music, called funk, emerged during the 1960s, not many Tar Heels realized the considerable contribution of eastern North Carolina musicians to the new style. Musical genius Nathaniel “Nat” Jones of Kinston and other African American musical pioneers from eastern counties helped to create funk when they joined up with James Brown in 1964, transforming [...]
The Gregg Museum of Art & Design expansion project on the NC State campus has moved into a new phase after a years-long effort to raise millions of dollars in private funding. The university museum’s new home, located in the former chancellor’s residence on Hillsborough Street near the Memorial Belltower, is being renovated with a new gallery space of 15,000 [...]
The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) has released the High Point Market Style Report, for Spring/Summer 2015, a 36-page report developed by eight home fashion gurus who are part of the HPMA’s 2015 Style Spotters team. The team scoured the Spring High Point Market (April 18-23) for the hottest must-have items and then translated their picks into the latest top [...]
By Linda Catoe Dr. Marlene McCauley, Guilford College Geology Chair When Dr. Marlene McCauley, Guilford College Geology Chair, pulls the cork on a new semester, she swirls her signature glass of wry humor, insisting, “We will be conducting comparative olfactory evaluations…and not tasting wine.” The wine course homework does include wine tasting at local wine shops, creating your own tastings, [...]
By Grant Emrick Grant and Lynn Emrick “Me, retire? What wilI I do with myself?” Grant Emrick asked his wife during a retirement party on his 75th birthday. Several months later, he “unretired” to spend a year with Lynn in Haiti working on the financial records of an American-supported hospital. While in Haiti, they decided to settle in Winston-Salem. They [...]
