Guilford at 250: Our Leadership in Civil Rights
Guilford County is unusual in North Carolina, and perhaps the American South for having a treasure trove of Black historic sites that include the acclaimed International Civil Rights Museum and…
Ghost Stories at Blandwood
A Halloween tradition of Ghost Stories continues this October at Blandwood Mansion! Our special friend and storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown will weave her magic with spine-tingling stories, historic legends and fanciful tales about North Carolina. With just the flicker of the fireplace and candles, guests will be seated on the floor of the West Parlor, as is the old North Carolina tradition of storytelling.
Ghost Stories at Blandwood
A Halloween tradition of Ghost Stories continues this October at Blandwood Mansion! Our special friend and storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown will weave her magic with spine-tingling stories, historic legends and fanciful tales about North Carolina. With just the flicker of the fireplace and candles, guests will be seated on the floor of the West Parlor, as is the old North Carolina tradition of storytelling.
Life in the Fast Lane: Exotic Architecture Mirrors Notorious Past
On the Greensboro Road in eastern High Point, there stands two exotic houses like no others in the Furniture City. Newcomers, if they catch a glimpse of the homes through…
Greensboro’s Tobacco Heritage, Part 3
To paraphrase a popular proverb, “it takes a village to raise a cigarette”…or a tobacco product. Nineteenth-century Greensboro was certainly one of those villages, with all phases of tobacco manufacturing…
Greensboro’s Tobacco Heritage, Part 2
The 1890s was a time of change for Greensboro, as the sleepy county seat with a smattering of manufacturing facilities grew into a small city laden with industry. Shaded village…
Greensboro’s Tobacco Heritage, Part 1
Greensboro doesn’t have cavernous brick tobacco factories like Durham and Winston-Salem. The observation has merit, considering Greensboro has been a tobacco center for over 100 years. Since the city has a…
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