Richard Dobbs Spaight, the Younger

Born 1790 – Died 1850

Graduate and for twenty-nine years a trustee of the University of North Carolina, member of the North Carolina House of Commons for one term, and of the State Senate for fourteen terms, member of the eighteenth ...

Richard Dobbs Spaight

Born 1758 – Died 1802

Educated in Scotland at University of Glasgow; Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Richard Caswell during the Revolution, and Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of Artillery after that war; representative of the Borough of New Bern for five terms and of the ...

A Navigation Canal Becomes a Raceway

The Rappahannock Navigation system provided a means to transport bulk cargo between Fredericksburg and upriver farms and mines. In 1829, with financial assistance from Virginia’s Board for Public Works, the Rappahannock Company began construction of a series of canals and ...

1963 Church Bombing Victims

This cemetery is the final resting place of three of the four young girls killed in the September 15, 1963 church bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carol Robertson are buried here. The ...

PP African American Settlement / Eden Baptist Church

Side A: PP African American Settlement

Thirteen African American families migrated to Pebble Township in Pike County in the early 1820s from Virginia. Some of the families were former slaves while others were freeborn people of color. Their farm knowledge and ...

Barker's Mill / Skirmish at Barker's Mill

(Barker's Mill side of marker):

Barker's Mill, which stood here on

Jackson Branch, was a grist mill

owned by William Ransome Barker

(1816-1869), a planter in what was

then Barnwell District. Barker moved

to this are in the 1850s,built a house

about 2 mi. N. and ...

The Skavlem–Williams Log Cabin

This structure of hand-hewn oak stood on the farm of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Williams. It was erected during the 1830's by Erick and Ragnhild Skavlem. It now stands as a visible reminder of the sacrifices made by early pioneers ...

Rabbit Foot Minstrels

[front:] Rabbit Foot Minstrels. During the first half of the 20th century, the African American Rabbit Foot Minstrels entertainers played a major role in spreading the blues via tours across the South. Founded in 1900, the “Foots” were headquartered in ...

Herald Building

Herald Building

Designed by architect John C. Craig, the Herald Building was constructed in 1905 to house the Salt Lake Herald, a daily newspaper which began publication in June 1870. The Salt Lake Herald ceased publication in 1920. During its existence, ...

Salt Lake Herald Building

The Salt Lake Herald Building's U-shaped plan is unusual. Many 19th and early 20th-

century buildings have a U-shaped plan to allow light and air to reach interior offices. Most often, however, the "U" opens to the rear or the side ...