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Noted Educator, Prohibitionist and Civil Rights Leader Joseph C. Price

On February 10, 1854, African American orator and teacher, Joseph C. Price was born in Elizabeth City. In 1863 his family moved to New Bern where he was enrolled in St. Andrew’s School. Price, though...

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Prisoner Exchange at Northeast Cape Fear River, 1865

A sketch of Sailsbury Prison, now in the collection of the N.C. Museum of History On February 26, 1865, ten miles northeast of downtown Wilmington, Union and Confederate forces began negotiations that...

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Women in Salisbury Riot for Bread

A newspaper account of the riot, online in the digital collections of the State Archives and State Library On March 18, 1863, a group of about fifty women, all wives and mothers of Confederate...

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Serial Prison Escapee Meets His Demise

On July 10, 1930, Otto Wood made his final escape from Central Prison. To this day, no one knows how he did it. On the lam for six months, he was finally recognized by Salisbury police as he walked...

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A Riot at Salisbury Prison

An 1862 sketch of Salisbury Prison from the State Archives On November 25, 1864, a riot between Union prisoners of war and their Confederate guards broke out at the Confederate military prison at...

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Food Lion Rooted in Salisbury

A grocery store in 1949. Image from the State Archives On December 12, 1957, the first Food Town—now known as Food Lion—opened in Salisbury. The chain began when brothers Ralph and Clifford Ketner...

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Sports Journalists Honored in Salisbury

On April 12, 1960, the first National Sportscasters & Sportswriters awards program was held in Salisbury. At that program, those in attendance formed the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters...

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Diminutive Circus Duo Retired to Salisbury

John and Mariah Nail Mertz, circa 1883. Image from the Davie County Public Library. On August 16, 1883, circus performers John Mertz and Mariah Elizabeth Nail were married on the stage of the...

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Elizabeth Steele, Nathanael Greene and Their Legendary Encounter

Elizabeth Steele gives General Nathanael Greene money to aid the patriot cause. Image from Getty Images. On November 22, 1790, Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, a legendary patriot during the American...

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Confederate Prison at Salisbury Opened, 1861

An 1864 sketch showing a bird’s-eye view of the prison. Image from the N.C. Museum of History. On December 9, 1861, the Confederate prison at Salisbury took in its first Yankee prisoners. Early in the...

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Stoneman in Salisbury, Liberator and Scourge

On April 12, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman and his forces burned the already abandoned Salisbury Prison, as well as the town’s other public buildings, industrial structures and supply depots as...

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Cross Burnings by Ku Klux Klan, Fifty Years Ago

Klansmen in robes with burning cross. Image taken from the State Archives. On May 28, 1965, members of the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses on the grounds of courthouses and city halls in 13 North Carolina...

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Food Town (Now Food Lion) Founder Ralph Ketner

Ketner, left, in front of the first Food Town store in Salisbury. Image from the Salisbury Post. On September 20, 1920, grocer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ralph Ketner was born in Cabarrus...

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Stoneman in Salisbury, Liberator and Scourge

On April 12, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman and his forces burned the already abandoned Salisbury Prison, as well as the town’s other public buildings, industrial structures and supply depots as...

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Cross Burnings by Ku Klux Klan, Fifty Years Ago

Klansmen in robes with burning cross. Image taken from the State Archives. On May 28, 1965, members of the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses on the grounds of courthouses and city halls in 13 North Carolina...

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Food Town (Now Food Lion) Founder Ralph Ketner

Ketner, left, in front of the first Food Town store in Salisbury. Image from the Salisbury Post. On September 20, 1920, grocer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ralph Ketner was born in Cabarrus...

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Stoneman in Salisbury, Liberator and Scourge

On April 12, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman and his forces burned the already abandoned Salisbury Prison, as well as the town’s other public buildings, industrial structures and supply depots as...

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Cross Burnings by Ku Klux Klan, Fifty Years Ago

Klansmen in robes with burning cross. Image taken from the State Archives. On May 28, 1965, members of the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses on the grounds of courthouses and city halls in 13 North Carolina...

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Food Town (Now Food Lion) Founder Ralph Ketner

Ketner, left, in front of the first Food Town store in Salisbury. Image from the Salisbury Post. On September 20, 1920, grocer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ralph Ketner was born in Cabarrus...

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Palmer Graduate Cast as Lionel Jefferson

Producer Norman Lear (center) with All in the Family cast members, including Evans (far right). Image from CBS. On November 3, 1949, television actor and writer Michael Evans was born in Salisbury....

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