Preserving the History of Robeson County

Cleaning out his office, retiring Superior Court Judge Stan Carmical delivered several pieces of legal interest to the History Museum. On...

By Scott Bigelow Two memoirs by Lumbee authors were on my reading list recently: Moon Dash Warrior (1998) by Delano Cummings and Hotdogs...

By Scott Bigelow According to a report in a 1906 edition of The Robesonian, the Daughters of the Confederacy raised $1,300 toward the...

By Scott Bigelow ‘This isn’t routine newspaper work, it’s art.’ William Douglas Norment was one of North Carolina’s great photographers,...

By Scott Bigelow Among the selections in the growing library of the Robeson County History Museum is a signed copy of “Death Sentence,”...

Attached are the Minutes from our first meeting for the new year. Going forward, Shep Oliver is President, Scott Bigelow VP, Faye...

By Scott Bigelow The recent donation of an historic piece of art to the Robeson County History Museum presented a puzzle and a...

By Scott Bigelow When banks were collapsing across the nation during the Great Depression, the story of the National Bank of Lumberton’s...

By Scott Bigelow In 1875, Robeson County played a pivotal role in North Carolina’s post-Civil War political history. Voting for delegates...

By Scott Bigelow The relocation of the Confederate monument from the Robeson County Courthouse to a veteran’s memorial park is a reminder...