For generations, shove poles have helped boaters navigate the shallow waters of Currituck, Albemarle, and Pamlico sounds.
Deserters and Outliers
Tar Heel soldiers grow weary of war and leave their regiments — only to fight for the north. (Volume 4, Part 2)
The Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia
Demands for higher pay and a 40-hour workweek ignite a furor in Gastonia in 1929.
Flight of Fancy: The Carolina Parakeet
The cardinal represents North Carolina, but maybe a vanished breed should be our state bird.
The Big Freeze
For about 10 days in 1917 and 1918, the waters from the Great Dismal Swamp to the Outer Banks iced over, trapping humans, animals, and boats. Eastern NC lay paralyzed, waiting for the thaw.
Gettysburg
The bodies of thousands of Confederate soldiers lie stretched across a battlefield in Pennsylvania, and the smell of death — and defeat — lingers in the air. (Volume 4, Part 1)
A Place of Distinction: Woman’s College in Greensboro
Alice Irby’s academic journey symbolizes an era of liberation for thousands of like-minded women at Woman’s College in Greensboro.
