by mcncdmin | Jun 25, 2019 | Economics, People
The building in the photograph was on the corner of Greenwood Road and Highland Avenue, just across from Town Hall, according to Max L. Gouge (1926-2015), who made notes and drew a map on the reverse of the photo. His notes state that the original Esso Station in...
by mcncdmin | Jun 19, 2019 | Economics, People
J.E. Burleson operated this mica house atop Burleson Hill, the location of the current Spruce Pine Town Cemetery. Burleson began opening mica mines in 1894 and ground mica beginning in the 1900s. He was the largest individual mica operator in the region. His...
by mcncdmin | Jun 11, 2019 | History, Places
The beautiful Rhododendron flower is celebrated worldwide. These celebrations include festivals in Port Logan, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Muroji, Japan; Taranaki, a bit south of New Plymouth, New Zealand: Florence, OR; Me, CA; Plymouth, MA; and tad closer to home,...
by mcncdmin | Jun 7, 2019 | People
Charles Arnold Carpenter was born 7/1/1898 and died 9/26/1980. He was the son of Henry F. and Dona Willis Carpenter; his wife was Agnes Gunter, and they had 6 children. Rev. Carpenter was pastor at Beaver Creek and Hall’s Chapel Baptist Churches. He was...
by mcncdmin | May 21, 2019 | History
Off To War, 1861 A series of three Civil War Stories published in the Mitchell News-Journal in 2011 By Pat Turner Mitchell Most of us have heard of an ancestor who fought in the War Between the States. Farther south people call it the War of Great Unpleasantness. Most...
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