History
of
Warren County, NC
New!
51 Page Illustrated
Booklet
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Early days in Warren
County, North Carolina, are recalled in this new
51-page spiral-bound booklet, comprised of excerpts from several
vintage books. These source materials include John Hill Wheeler's
Historical Sketches of North Carolina (1851); Sketches
of Prominent Living North Carolinians by Jerome Dowd (1888),
North Carolina, A Guide to the Old North State (1939), a
product of the WPA; A New Geography of North Carolina
(1954-65).
The
tri-color front cover is printed on 80# card stock and has been
protected with a vinyl sheet. The text is printed single-sided on
60# opaque paper, with the print enlarged to fit the 8.5" x
11" paper and improve readability.
Places mentioned
in the booklet include:
Warrenton (county seat), Littleton, Macon, Norlina, Ridgeway, and
Vaughan.
Among the many subjects
included are: Persons associated
with the early days of the county -- Dr. Joseph Warren, William
Person, General Jethro Sumner, the Hawkins family; Nathaniel Macon,
James Turner, Daniel Turner, Kemp Plummer, John Hall, Edward Hall,
Blake Baker, William Miller, Weldon Edwards, and John Bragg; Members
of the General Assembly before 1851; Indians; Tobacco and cotton;
Gaston Lake; White Sulphur Springs Hotel and other resorts; Reconstruction;
Old Houses; Schools and Churches; North Carolina's shortest railway,
a library in a meat market, first oval race track, a post-war visit
from Robert E. Lee, Haliwa Indians of Bethlehem and many other fascinating
bits of history and trivia.
The Dowd excerpt
has biographies of Matthew W. Ransom and Charles Price. The WPA
excerpt offers a nostalgic glimpse of the area from a 1939 vantage
point, offering historical notes and sightseeing possibilities,
such as Eaton Place and other old houses in Warrenton.
Our
North Carolina booklets are a good resource for learning about the
history, geography and social climate of places where you or your
ancestors have lived or for places you plan to visit.
Wouldn't this
make a unique gift?
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