1861 – West Virginia secedes from Virginia. 1901 – First woman to go over...
History
A Bladen County Board of Education Blue Ribbon Commission proposed $6,036,150 in renovations to...
1886 – St. Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10...
1746 – Princeton University (NJ) received its charter. 1861 – 1st telegraph line linking...
1854 – Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the...
1774 – American Continental Congress orders discouragement of entertainment. 1817 – 1st Mississippi “Showboat”...
1914 – US Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail....
The 1985 North Carolina Tobacco Festival in Clarkton was termed “A great success, the...
1885 – Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season. 1904 –...
1829 – Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) 1875 – Brigham Young...
1789 – 1st presidential tour-George Washington in New England. 1846 – Dr William Thomas...
1834 – First African-American granted a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter....
1792 – “Old Farmer’s Almanac” is 1st published and edited by Robert Thomas. 1860...
1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London. 1773 – America’s first...
1887 – A Miles patents elevator… 1890 – Daughters of American Revolution founded. 1911...
Effective October 1, 1985 the state of North Carolina made it mandatory to wear...
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, leaving approximately...
1904 – Mounted police 1st used in NYC. 1908 – Orville Wright makes 1st-1...
1860 – Telegraph line between LA & San Francisco opens. 1908 – NY Giants...
1765 – Stamp Act (First Congress of the American Colonies) convenes in New York...
1866 – 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000) 1893 – Nabisco...
1892 – Dalton gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup. 1905 –...
Bladen County unemployment for August 1985 was 10.2 percent. 1,450 folks, out of 14,160...
1881 – Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano. 1906 – Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburgh...
1789 – President Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on November 26. 1863 –...
1789 – George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of...
Photo of Elizabethtown Police Chief, Marvin James Bell – End of Watch Saturday, September...
1841 – Samuel Slocum patented the stapler. 1898 – City of New York established....
1875 – US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban relations. 1907 – Construction begins...
1852 – George L Aiken’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” premieres in Troy, NY. 1892 –...
1772 – New Jersey passes a bill requiring a license to practice medicine. 1872...
Dedication ceremonies for the Clarkton Housing Project were to be held in the month...
1789 – US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights. 1804 – Twelfth Amendment to...
1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest. 1879 –...
1789 – US Congress passes act requiring the first Postmaster General to report to...
1827 – According to Joseph Smith, Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record...
1814 – “Star Spangled Banner” published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key,...
1796 – George Washington’s farewell address as president. 1849 – 1st commercial laundry established,...
1789 – 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the president & Congress....
1787 – The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention. 1859...
1782 – Great Seal of the United States of America used for the first...
1798 – US Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State. 1857 – Timothy...
1789 – 1st loan to US government (from NYC banks) 1883 – Hugh Daily,...
1910 – United States’ first known female cop appointed, Alice Stebbins Wells by LAPD....
1773 – Benjamin Franklin writes “There never was a good war or bad peace”...
1776 – George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers. 1846 –...
1858 – Abraham Lincoln supposedly says in a speech, “You may fool all the...
1869 – 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco. 1899 – Carnation processes its...
1882 – 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC. 1905 –...
1781 – Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia...
1833 – New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1891 – Cotton pickers...
1798 – First bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed of $162,821...
1799 – Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) 1862...
1909 – A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball. 1910 – Theodore Roosevelt makes...
1890 – President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat...
The citizens of Clarkton passed a $150,000 sewer bond. The vote was 164 for,...
1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North...
1837 – Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce. 1861 – Battle...
1859 – 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, by Edwin Drake. 1881...
1843 – Charles Thurber patents a typewriter. 1895 – Electric generator at Niagara Falls...
1829 – President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses....
1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe...
John D. Mercer, a Bladenboro mail carrier for 45 years, announced his retirement. Mr....
1869 – 1st carload of rail freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco,...
1762 – 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport, Rhode Island. 1848 –...
1841 – John Hampton patents venetian blinds. 1897 – Oldsmobile first manufactured by Olds...
1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over. 1896 – Dial...
1849 – NY Herald reports gold discovery in California. 1897 – 1st electric taxis...
1838 – United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific...
1807 – Robert Fulton’s steamboat Clermont begins first trip up Hudson River. 1891 –...
1691 – Yorktown, Virginia founded. 1858 – Britain’s Queen Victoria telegraphs US President James...
The resignation of Bladen Elementary School Principal Elbert F. Lennon Jr. was announced by...
1862 – Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of African Americans to confer with...
1889 – William Gray patents coin-operated telephone. 1907 – 1st taxicabs operate in New...
1856 – Anthony Fass patents accordion. 1867 – US President Andrew Johnson defies Congress...
1860 – US’s 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nevada) 1885 – $100,000 raised...
1831 – 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY) 1859 –...
1854 – Smith & Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges. 1898 – Will Kellogg invents...
A spill that officials believe was caused by a leaking tanker left hundreds of...
1782 – George Washington creates the Purple Heart medal (original mane Badge of Military...
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmier becomes the 1st...
1812 – War of 1812: Tecumseh’s Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne’s 200...
1882 – US Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration. 1900 – Firestone Tire and...
1819 – 1st parachute jump in US. 1892 – Charles A Wheeler patents a...
1893 – Henry Perky patents a machine for the preparation of cereals for food,...
A hail storm in the Elkton community of Bladen County destroyed approximately 100 acres...
1869 – The Charles, considered the world’s first “oil tanker”, departs from the United...
1899 – 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY. 1905 – US Secretary of War...
1858 – First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by...
1789 – US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs now referred to as the...
1775 – US Continental Congress creates United States Post Office in Philadelphia under Benjamin...
Lex Jones was appointed to a two year term as Bladen County Tax Supervisor....
1729 – North Carolina becomes a colony. 1850 – Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue...
1758 – George Washington elected to Virginia House of Burgesses representing Frederick County. 1824...
1872 – African American inventor Elijah McCoy is granted a patent for lubricators for...
1796 – Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland. Originally called ‘Cleaveland’, the public...
1853 – Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts...
1858 – Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats...
1860 – First railroad reaches Kansas. 1880 – San Francisco Public Library starts lending...
1864 – President Abraham Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service. 1914 –...