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...
View ArticlePrisoner 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...
View ArticleWomen 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...
View ArticleSerial 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleFood 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...
View ArticleSports 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...
View ArticleDiminutive 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...
View ArticleElizabeth 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...
View ArticleConfederate 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...
View ArticleStoneman 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...
View ArticleCross 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...
View ArticleFood 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...
View ArticleStoneman 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...
View ArticleCross 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...
View ArticleFood 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...
View ArticleStoneman 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...
View ArticleCross 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...
View ArticleFood 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...
View ArticlePalmer 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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