Category: NC History

Last summer, the director of the Orange County Historical Museum, Candace Midgett, brought before the Town of Hillsborough, a proposal to remove the words “Confederate Memorial” which were affixed on the building located at 201 North Churton Street. The building is owned by the town and is the current home of the Orange County Historical Museum….

Back in 1975 the Warren County [N.C.] Historical Association initiated a comprehensive project to study the life and legacy of Nathaniel Macon. As a part of this project, both archaeological and architectural studies of his old Buck Spring plantation, near the Roanoke River, were commissioned. Working with the professional staff of the North Carolina Division…