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Grape phylloxera, Prohibition and a brief stint of being known for “bad” wines in the 1700s couldn’t keep California’s oenophiles from cultivating one of the world’s largest, most famous and flavorful wine industries. Today, more than 3,500 bonded wineries and 4,600 grape growers allow California to produce over 90 percent of domestic wine and place [...]
Today we’re traveling back to 1662 and peeking into nineteen-year-old Isaac Newton’s notebook. Inside, we’ll find a guilt-ridden young man, whose “sins” ranged from falling short of his own spiritual standards to more humorous misdeeds such as “Using Wilfords towel to spare my own.” Without further ado, we present: Nineteen-year-old Isaac Newton’s list of recently [...]
Charlotte has entered a golden age of craft brewing, and while this fermented frenzy may feel altogether new, it evokes a forgotten heritage that dates back to colonial days. Beginning with Captain James Jack, whose tavern was a Patriot haven burned by the British during the Revolution, local beer writer Daniel Hartis follows a frothy [...]
Happy Free Book Friday! Today’s special giveaway, The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina: Walking a Thousand Miles through Wildness, Culture and History, comes from seasoned hiker Danny Bernstein. Comment on this post by Sunday, February 24 (12:00 a.m., EST) for your chance to win a copy of the book! The winner of the drawing will be announced Monday morning. The Mountains-to-Sea [...]
Guest post by Becky Billingsley Sweet potatoes have been a part of the American diet since native Indians cultivated them, and the almost nutritionally perfect tuber helped local Revolutionary War hero General Francis Marion and his troops achieve victory. The Center for Science in the Public Interest named sweet potatoes as its number one pick [...]
When war broke out in 1861, Christian and Elise Dubach Isely, soon to be married, found themselves in the midst of the conflict. Having witnessed the atrocities of Bleeding Kansas firsthand and fearful of what would come from this war, Christian enlisted with the 2nd Kansas Cavalry to fight alongside Union forces. During the next [...]
This month we are commemorating Black History with a series of articles. The articles will feature prominent figures, and give rare insight into the chorus of voices that inspired the Civil Rights movement. Today, we shine a spotlight on a man whose unabashed advocacy for the rights of African Americans was truly groundbreaking. Author John [...]
Hello everybody! We hope that you’ve had a great start to 2013. As we move forward into the new year, we can’t thank you enough for your participation in celebrating local history throughout 2012. In this post, we’ve got great photos from author events, a quick poll (so we can focus on bringing you more [...]
You could call Danny Bernstein a trail evangelist. Her zeal has led to over forty years of hiking. She believes that no place is too far to walk. Bernstein has even admitted that she “wants to die in her boots.” So once her attention was drawn to the gorgeous Mountains-to-Sea trail (surprisingly, only twenty-eight hikers reported walking [...]
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Guest post by author Cindy Grisham Long before he explored the wilds of the Congo in search of a lost missionary and uttered the now famous words, “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” Sir Henry Morton Stanley explored the wilds of Arkansas. He often spent evenings with local families who shared what little they had with him. [...]
Guest post by Sarah Falter, History Press Publicity & Marketing Wisps of smoke floated through the crisp November sky towards the palmetto trees that framed the battlefield, and then curled casually towards the bright Charleston sun. … [Read More...]
