In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt sat for a portrait by a young African-American artist from Mooresville. Decades later, historians still want to know whether Selma Burke’s sculpture inspired the image on the dime.
jeremy markovich
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?
A Christmas Village at the North Carolina Governor’s Mansion Creates Childlike Wonder
Charlie always liked building small towns. Very small towns. Small ceramic towns, to be exact. During the holidays, he has a kindred spirit at the governor’s mansion.
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.
The Long Way Back to The Sphinx
Three years after a devastating fall from the side of a mountain in the rocky wilderness of Linville Gorge, an avid hiker returned to the scene to find acceptance and renewal.
The Governor’s Wet Suit
In 1965, North Carolina Gov. Luther H. Hodges showed off locally-made products in an unusual way.
The Rightful Owners
In 1789, when the newly formed federal government was trying to pass the Bill of Rights, it created 14 copies. One would remain with the federal government, and the rest were sent to the original 13 states. North Carolina’s copy went to the State Capitol, and for 75 years, it stayed there without much fanfare. And then, the trouble began.
Changing Channels
Our writer returns to the scene of his youthful side job: guiding rafts filled with neophytes through the man-made currents of the U.S. National Whitewater Center near Charlotte. But this unique center has evolved over the past decade — and so has our writer.
Peahead Walker and the Fake Wake Fib
One of Wake Forest’s most successful football coaches is remembered for winning — and for his colorful personality.
