Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged carthage nc, michael hill, moore county nc, nc piers, pik-n-pig, wwi monument on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
– In praise of an unidentified piece of wood and other “stuff from the attic.” – Or maybe your tastes run to an identified piece of wood. – Quite an eBay offering of early paper items from Statesville (scroll down). – Should Moore County’s much-traveled World War I monument be moved to the Pik-N-Pig? Michael [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged african american history, cherokee defeat, gaston county nc, greene county nc, hiram revels, james glasgow, jefferson davis, lincolnton nc, loray mill srike, macon county nc, michael hill, nc historical markers, newton nc, polk county nc, stoneman's raid, tryon's march on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few words with Michael Hill, coordinator of the N.C. Highway Historical Marker Program: Of the 7 markers approved in the last round, 5 recognize blacks and 1 a Cherokee. Is the marker advisory committee playing catch-up? Is this a formal policy? We have no established policy but rather operate based primarily on what comes [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged brooklyn decker, brooklyn ny, brooklyn public library, charlotte nc, michael hill, north carolina gazetteer, raleigh nc, wilmington nc on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Until recently I knew only about Charlotte’s Brooklyn neighborhood, not about Raleigh’s or Wilmington’s. Is this nomencluster anything more than coincidence? Does the name appear elsewhere in North Carolina? (If so, it avoided Michael Hill’s exhaustive expansion of the Gazetteer.) The Brooklyn (New York) Public Library offers this entertaining look at its “Brooklyn (non New [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged a view form the south, anna j. cooper, blacks in congress, cherokee nc, dirt tracks, eastern band of cherokee, fairgrounds speedway, fayetteville nc, harpers ferry, indy racing, john brown, lewis leary, michael hill, nascar, nc highway historical markers, nimrod jarrett smith, omar ibn said, pea island lifesavers, raleigh, rep. george h. white, richard etheridge, st augustine's college, tarboro, us lifesaving station on June 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Michael Hill for this list of state highway historical markers approved by the advisory committee May 25: – Pea Island Lifesavers. Only U.S. Lifesaving Station manned by black crew. Led by Richard Etheridge, 1879-1899. – George H. White, 1852-1918. Represented the state’s “Black Second” district, U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress [...]
