When the United States needed a power source for nuclear weapons research, it turned to the mountains of North Carolina. The only thing that stood in the government’s way: the people living there.
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The 1940s: The Miracle of Hickory
When polio strikes children in the Piedmont, doctors, nurses, and volunteers rise to the occasion to build an emergency quarantine hospital.
The 1940s: The Deluge of 1940
Mountain communities bear the brunt of the decade’s most deadly Atlantic storm — forever changing our western landscape.
Dinner & an Air Show at The Pik-N-Pig
Carthage: where barbecue meets takeoffs, landings, and stories of skyborne bravery.
Writer Philip Gerard Relives the Civil War
A writer revisits the personal challenges, successes, and doubts in discovering and documenting North Carolina's role in the Civil War.
One Nation, Again After Johnston’s Surrender
After four years and thousands of lives lost, the war ends. (Volume 5, Part Four)
Johnston’s Last Stand at the Battle of Bentonville
Confederate brigades battle Sherman’s troops in Bentonville. (Volume 5, Part Three)
Sherman’s Final March
The Union lays waste to Fayetteville in its push through the Carolinas. (Volume 5, Part Two)
The Union Takes Wilmington
Confederate troops fail to defend the vital port city. (Volume 5, Part 1)
