When you pull up the long dirt drive of Purdie Hall, a grand house materializes out of the trees, and a pack of sweet pups…
History
10 Sep 2023
Coins on Tombstones
Have you ever visited a cemetery and found coins on tombstones? The first time I noticed coin mementos was in the Wilmington National Cemetery.
I ran across the above photo while digging through some digital archives the other day. The picture shows two men trying to push an early…
14 Jul 2023
Life Without Electricity
George Parris recently sent me his daddy's memoir about growing up in Smokemont. The above account of life without electricity was on the first page.…
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