How a Fortune 500 company rose from humble beginnings in Burlington.
Back in the day
The Sky is Her Limit
The first woman to earn an engineering degree from NC State, Katharine Stinson rose to an amazing career as a flight engineer.
If You Give a Kid a Goat Cart
A discovery of archival photographs begged the question: Did everyone have a goat cart in the 1930s?
The Outer Banks Society That Believes the Wright Brothers Never Flew
The Man Will Never Fly Memorial Society was created in 1959 because, in the words of its founders, they were bored.
Space Seeds: Moon Trees in Western North Carolina
Back in 1971, astronaut and former U.S. Forest Service smoke jumper Stuart Roosa carried more than 400 seeds into space with him on Apollo 14. Two of those seeds found a new home in North Carolina.
Fergus’ Ark vs. USS North Carolina
On October 2, 1961, the USS North Carolina hit Fergus’ Ark seafood restaurant while docking in Wilmington.
The Governor’s Wet Suit
In 1965, North Carolina Gov. Luther H. Hodges showed off locally-made products in an unusual way.
Remembering Winston-Salem’s Swimmin’ Hole
Crystal Lake opened in 1925 and was a welcome reprieve from the summer heat — and only slightly dangerous.
The Python with a Purple Heart
How a soldier rescued a Burmese python from a dinner table during the Vietnam War and brought it back to North Carolina.
