Overview :Established in 1911, Avery County is the youngest North Carolina county. Despite its recent formation, Avery has an intriguing history and r... Read More
Overview :Few natural features possess as much personality as the peaks of Grandfather Mountain, which dominate the skyline between Boone and Linville... Read More
Overview :Nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina, Mitchell County was created in 1861 and was named for Dr. Elisha Mitchell, a University ... Read More
Overview :For decades, Caldwell County has been known as the Furniture Center of the South. However, the history of Caldwell goes beyond the miles of ... Read More
Overview :Tour the Old North State's famous--and not-so-famous--historic sites.First in Freedom, First in Flight, and First, Farthest and Last are all... Read More
Overview :History Beyond Kitty Hawk Millions of North Carolina license plates affirm the state's claim of "First in Flight," honoring the December 19... Read More
Overview :The American Civil War was scarcely over when a group of ladies met in Raleigh and began to plan commemoration for the honored Confederate d... Read More
Overview :North Carolina Remembers Gettysburg contains eighty-four letters, originally published in newspapers, by Tar Heel soldiers. Some letters wer... Read More
Overview :Carlton McCarthy, a former artilleryman with the Richmond Howitzers, noted after the war that historians would only write about big battles ... Read More
Overview :"First at Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg and Chickamauga and last at Appomattox" is a phrase that is often used to encapsulate the role of N... Read More
Overview :The Confederate States of America boasted five capital cities in four years. The center of the Confederate government moved from one Souther... Read More
Overview :Some say that Watauga County's name comes from a word meaning beautiful waters," yet during the Civil War, events in this rugged western Nor... Read More
Overview :Where Patriots vs. Loyalists wasn't a slogan--it was your neighborAcross the rugged ridges of Southern Appalachia, the fight for American in... Read More
Overview :Though always an important North Carolina city, Charlotte truly helped to make history during the Civil War. The city's factories produced g... Read More
Overview :They considered themselves "Lee's Body Guard," cavalrymen specifically recruited to serve as scouts, couriers and guides for General Robert ... Read More
Overview :In the Southern Appalachian Mountains, no character was more loved or despised than Union officer George W. Kirk. He led a group of deserter... Read More