The free summer series Blue Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center in Old Fort brings another authentic mountain experience on Saturday, July 12. Well-known musicians George Shuffler and Family, Denise O’Sullivan and the New North Carolina Ramblers will perform in the amphitheater, beginning at 7 p.m.
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SPENCER, N.C. – The North Carolina Transportation Museum will host a celebration of the Ford Model T, Saturday, Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in combination with the Museum’s annual All-Ford Show. This is one of the only Model T centennial celebrations in the Southeast, and is one of a series of regional [...]
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Today’s podcast will give you insights into the composer of a famed fiddle tune, may have you humming “Here Comes the Bride,” and goes backstage for a behind the scenes look at a new musical about Blackbeard the Pirate.
First up, Richard Barton speaks with historian Mike Hill about [...]
In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, every head mattered. During this the proprietary period, land was awarded based on the number of free people a settler brought into the colony. The Historical Publications Section of the N.C. Office of Archives and History has republished “North Carolina Headrights: A List of Names, 1663-1744,” compiled [...]
The N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh announces the acquisition of a Confederate battle flag associated with a major turning point of the Civil War — the death of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The flag was carried by the 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops, which was responsible for the accidental shooting of the [...]
Enjoy another weekend of the free summer series Blue Ridge Traditions on Saturday, June 28, at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center in Old Fort. Hear award-winning fiddler Bobby Hicks, the Cherokee gospel quintet called the Welch Family Singers, and Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle. This trio of performances will begin at 7 p.m. in [...]
SPENCER – This year get dad in motion for Father’s Day. The perfect gift is to make dad “Engineer for an Hour” at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer. The “Tracks of an Engineer” program is ideal for dads and rail fans everywhere. Let dad control the throttle of a full-sized diesel locomotive.
A 45-minute training [...]
SEDALIA - For the first time in over 20 years, Maria Cole, widow of music legend Nat “King” Cole, visited the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum State Historic Site in Sedalia Monday, June 9. Mrs. Cole spoke at a ceremony honoring her aunt Dr. Brown and received the Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown Living Legacy Award.
The Third [...]
On a hot, sunny day, folks came from all over to celebrate the launch of Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails at the Benjamin W. Best Country Inn and Carriage House in Snow Hill.
Living History Program to Evoke Early 20th Century Asheville
ASHEVILLE - In 1916, as the United States found itself becoming ensnared in World War I and summer settled heavily over most of the country, the resort of Asheville in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains was thriving. Eager to breathe in the cool mountain air as well [...]