When a writer’s oldest daughter heads to college, a flood of memories from their travels around North Carolina causes him to reflect — and to write a letter so they’ll never forget.
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The 1960s: The Class Acts
In the 1960s, with the expansion of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and the state’s community college system, more North Carolinians than ever head to college classrooms.
Back in the Day: Savior of the Soil
Learn how Wadesboro native Hugh Hammond Bennett became North Carolina’s “Father of Soil Conservation.”