Remembering Alamance County

Remembering Alamance County
Author: Don Bolden
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2006-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781540204325

Remembering Alamance County is a collection of historical stories that takes readers on a delightful journey through the years to meet a variety of interesting people and revisit some of the fascinating events that have helped to shape the story of this beloved county in the Tar Heel State. As history has progressed, so has Alamance County, and its citizens have witnessed scores of changes. Time has seen the county evolve from a quaint railroad community into a major textile center, with horse-drawn buggies giving way to streetcars, which all but disappeared with the advent of automobiles. Readers of this collection can turn back the clock and visit C.F. Pete Neese, the first child born in Burlington; Dr. Floyd Scott, who helped to bring the modern world to his country practice; Tom Zachary, who threw the pitch that put Babe Ruth in the record books and presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson, who rolled through Alamance County on the campaign trail. Some of the stories reflect major events in not only in the county s history, but in the nation s history as well. And tucked between the big names and big to-dos are some little-known tales that have contributed to make Alamance County the place it is today. Remembering Alamance County is a fond look at the history of a unique section of the North Carolina piedmont, sure to please old-timers and newcomers alike."

Historic Alamance County

Historic Alamance County
Author: William Murray Vincent
Publisher: HPN Books
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1893619982

An illustrated history of Alamance County, North Carolina pared with histories of the local companies

Alamance County

Alamance County
Author: Elinor Samons Euliss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1984
Genre: Alamance County (N.C.)
ISBN:

Alamance County

Alamance County
Author: William Kerr Lasley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738500362

Alamance County, situated in the lush landscape of North Carolina's Piedmont, has played an important role in the state's history, from its early participation in the American Revolution to its continued contributions to North Carolina's growing industrial market. For generations, residents and visitors have enjoyed the pleasant combination of the county's pastoral scenery and the commercial conveniences of Burlington. In this volume of over 200 images, readers will experience their hometowns as never before, viewing Alamance from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s. Alamance County brings to life many of the old ways: scenes of local general stores, where city elders met to discuss the town's political issues and gossip of the day; snapshots of schoolchildren posing proudly in front of their one-room schoolhouses; images of the county's churches and many Victorian homes, their grand facades matched only by the elegance of their interiors; photographs capturing the excitement of Sunday excursions in the country and the commotion of the Centennial Parade down Burlington's crowded Main Street; and pictures and portraits of Alamance County natives--soldiers, merchants, government officials, and everyday citizens.

Black Coach

Black Coach
Author: Pat Jordan
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1971
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

African American football coach Jerome Evans takes over as football coach at predominantly white Walter Williams High School in Burlington, North Carolina, in the fall of 1970.