Hello, I am Blake Tyner and welcome to the first episode of Down The Road. This new series, Down the Road, is going to be looking at aspects of history from around the country. So, sit back, kick up your feet and enjoy this trip down history’s road. In 1898 the firm of Caldwell and…
Month: May 2018
The Mother of Texas Cooking
Helen Corbitt – The Mother of Texas Cooking Corbitt’s Legacy Helen Corbitt may have been a native of New York and at first fought the idea of moving to Texas. In fact, when asked to come to University Texas her reply was “Who the hell wants to go to Texas.” She spent the next 40…
History Bites – The Driskill
Episode One takes place just after a brief breakfast at a local Austin establishment – The Driskill !
Carolina College
Carolina College By Blake Tyner The Reverend S.E. Mercer discussed the idea of a Methodist college for women at an October 1906 meeting of. Several locations were considered but the final vote was to build on the heritage of Maxton, it being the site of the former Floral College. Mercer was appointed financial agent and…
Robeson County Railroads – pt 2
Maxton, Alma & Southbound Railroad The Maxton, Alma & Southbound Railroad Company history extends back to March 1881 when the North Carolina legislature incorporated the Alma and Little Rock Railroad Company. The charter issued to Messrs. J.B. Wilkinson and P.A. Fore of Alma who proposed to build a railroad from Alma to Little Rock, S.C.,…
McDonald, NC
Main Street McDonald When looking at this wonderful postcard of main street McDonald you feel as though you have stepped into the old west. The town grew up on the lands of Richard Townsend. A special 1910 supplement to The News and Observer gives a wonderful account of the founding of McDonald. The town dates…