Cash Crops

This fields is a small part of several hundred acres that earned a living for the Carters and the other families who lived here. Like his neighbors throughout southwest Georgia, Earl Carter mixed his plantings of cotton, corn, watermelons, sugar ...

Never Far from Home

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

With a short walk around this farm you can just take a glimpse of the small, enclosed world that ...

Wright Brothers in the Albemarle

On September 8, 1900, Wilbur Wright arrived here at the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Depot, then proceeded by boat to Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers made several trips through Elizabeth City, the shipping and supply center for northeastern North Carolina.

Photograph ...

Legacy of an Outdoor Childhood

"Why do you fish and hunt?" I'm often asked, The easiest answer is : "My father and all my ancestors did it before me. It's been part of my life since childhood, and part of my identity, like being a ...

A Town Divided

Ambush of Sanders and McCabe

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During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, ...

Battle of Stoney Creek

[English Text]: Battle of Stoney Creek

During 1813 the Americans planned to invade Upper Canada from Detroit and the Niagara Peninsula. In late May, an American force crossed the Niagara River, seized Fort George, and with about 3500 troops moved ...

Battle of South Mills

Fight for the Canal

Early in 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led an expedition to secure the coast of North Carolina and occupy strategically important sites such as New Bern and Elizabeth City. After Burnside learned of the March 9 ...

"The Burlington Races" 1813

On the morning of September 28, 1813, a powerfully-armed United States fleet comprising ten ships under the command of Commodore Isaac Chauncey appeared off York (Toronto). The smaller British fleet of six vessels, commanded by Commodore Sir James L. Yeo, ...

Marshall House

This was the original site of the home of John Marshall, one of the founders and president of the Bank of Illinois, the first bank chartered by the Illinois Territorial Legislature. The charter was issued in 1816. The bank opened ...

March to Stoney Creek

These ramparts were

erected by the British troops

during the War of 1812-15.

From this place on the night

of June 5th 1813,

700 men under the command

of Lieut. Colonel Harvey,

marched to Stoney Creek

where they surprised and routed

an American force of 3750 men

ridding the Niagara ...