Posted in From the Stacks, History, Postcards on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Though today’s News and Observer reminds us that President Obama’s weekend visit to Asheville is “officially none of our business,” I thought I would at least share some postcard images of the famous hotel. Click on the image above to see more. Also, in case you were wondering what other presidents had spent the night [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia on April 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Generations of Tar Heels have debated whether or not Abraham Lincoln was conceived in North Carolina while his mother, Nancy Hanks, was a servant in the household of Abraham Enloe. Who could have imagined that there might be a connection between Lincoln and the primeval North Carolina story–that of the Lost Colony? Seth Grahame-Smith did. [...]
