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Monuments and Memorials in Randolph County
Original 1946 plan of War Memorial Park in Asheboro; none of the features shown were built as designed. [The following was part of the report I gave to the county commissioners at a public hearing...
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Randolph County and the Society of Friends
Quakers on Barbadoes- New York Public Library One of the most common questions I get asked is, Why was Randolph County so different from most of the rest of North Carolina? The short answer is,...
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December 25th Through the Years.
Elisha Coffin, circa 1860. Two hundred years ago, December 25, 1821, a miller from Guilford County named Elisha Coffin bought a defunct mill site on Deep River in eastern Randolph County. His...
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Company Stores, Truck Farming, Tokens and Checks
When a reporter from Raleigh visited the new mill village of Franklinsville in September 1849, he counted forty-two dwelling houses clustered around the upper factory, which indicated a work force of...
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Franklinsville Manufacturing Company Store
(“The Upper Store”) From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, one of the most vital parts of any textile mill village was a shop selling a variety of goods not otherwise locally available. When...
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The Conjurer
June 19, 1865, “Juneteenth,” was the day freedom finally came to the enslaved people of Texas, and is now celebrated as our second American independence day. But African Americans in eastern North...
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Pancake Day
Asheboro Kiwanis Club Pancake Day at the National Guard Armory, circa 1985 “Shrove Tuesday” -the day before “Ash Wednesday” for traditional Catholics and Anglicans, is the day to confess your sins...
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Barbecue
Blue Mist Barbecue Restaurant, US 64 near Cedar Falls, by Louis Brady Jr. When World War II rationing made gasoline and rubber tires available to the public again, Americans took to the highways like...
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Who Values Randolph County Historic Properties?
The Tommy White House in 1978. My book The Architectural History of Randolph County has 283 pages and more than 600 entries on the structures I found during the historic properties survey from 1978 to...
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“Oldest” Houses
The Mordecai House (the rear part, above, built in 1785) is the oldest house in Raleigh, seven years older than the city itself. “What’s the oldest house in—“ This is one of the most-asked questions...
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