Mountain Dew: It happened in Lumberton
Cleaning out his office, retiring Superior Court Judge Stan Carmical delivered several pieces of legal interest to the History Museum. On...
Memoirs by local authors are good reading
By Scott Bigelow Two memoirs by Lumbee authors were on my reading list recently: Moon Dash Warrior (1998) by Delano Cummings and Hotdogs...
Newspapers are a ‘rough draft of history’
By Scott Bigelow According to a report in a 1906 edition of The Robesonian, the Daughters of the Confederacy raised $1,300 toward the...
Bill Norment: A legacy in black and white
By Scott Bigelow ‘This isn’t routine newspaper work, it’s art.’ William Douglas Norment was one of North Carolina’s great photographers,...
A Treasury of Local Authors
By Scott Bigelow Among the selections in the growing library of the Robeson County History Museum is a signed copy of “Death Sentence,”...
The Painting Mystery
By Scott Bigelow The recent donation of an historic piece of art to the Robeson County History Museum presented a puzzle and a...
Lumberton's first bank: 1897-1970
By Scott Bigelow When banks were collapsing across the nation during the Great Depression, the story of the National Bank of Lumberton’s...
1875: When Robeson was 'held' and the South changed
By Scott Bigelow In 1875, Robeson County played a pivotal role in North Carolina’s post-Civil War political history. Voting for delegates...
The Bloody 18th: ‘Where have all the young men gone’
By Scott Bigelow The relocation of the Confederate monument from the Robeson County Courthouse to a veteran’s memorial park is a reminder...
Jewel Flowers: Lumberton's Pinup Girl
Jewel Flowers: Lumberton’s Pinup Girl Lumberton native Jewel Flowers became a national celebrity as a pinup/calendar girl in the 1940s...
