The town of Elizabethtown budget for 1985-86 was $1,710,466. This budget is based on...
History
1856 – The Great Train Wreck of 1856 between Camp Hill and Fort Washington,...
1790 – Congress declares the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, the...
1863 – President Davis orders service duty for confederate army. 1870 – Georgia becomes...
1798 – 1st direct US federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves. 1853...
1787 – US Ordinance of 1787 passed, establishes first organized US territory. 1836 –...
1882 – 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, D.C. 1901 – Cy Young...
Bladen Board of Education approved a $3,625,014 for 1985-86 budget. Bladen County Hospital Board...
1798 – US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress. 1804 – Vice...
1862 – US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad. 1892 – 1st concrete-paved street...
1785 – James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt. 1878 – American...
1797 – 1st US Senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment. 1835 –...
1863 – 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100) 1898 – US President...
1841 – Thomas Cook opens first travel agency. 1865 – US Secret Service begins...
Contributed This weekend, Americans celebrate Independence Day, commemorating the day in 1776 when our...
1776 – US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence from Britain. 1796 – 1st...
Yates A. Lennon of Bladenboro received his Bachelor of Science degree in pre-medicine from...
1819 – 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its...
1776 – New Jersey gives the right to vote to all adults who could...
1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies. 1862...
1870 – Ada Kepley becomes the 1st American female law college graduate (Old University...
1863 – George Armstrong Custer, age 23, appointed Union Brigadier General. 1891 – US...
1776 – Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress. 1870 –...
John Q. Shaw, city executive for United Carolina Bank in Elizabethtown, named two new...
1893 – Great stock crash on NY stock exchange. 1914 – US signs treaty...
1797 – Charles Newbold patents 1st cast iron plow, thought farmers fear effects of...
1798 – US Congress passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens. 1863...
1497 – John Cabot claims Eastern Canada for England (believes he has found Asia...
1810 – John Jacob Astor organizes the Pacific Fur Company in Astoria, Oregon. 1868...
1847 – First ring doughnut supposedly created by Hanson Gregory. 1870 – US Congress...
1834 – American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick patents the reaping machine. 1879 –...
RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper shared the following statement about Confederate monuments on Capitol grounds:...
Local baseball player Ricky Hester was assigned to Salem, Virginia of the Class A...
1819 – 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 1840...
1865 – Union General Gordon Granger declares slaves are free in Texas, now the...
1873 – Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for voting for US President. 1898 –...
1856 – Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia. 1863 – Travelers...
1858 – Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand” accepting Illinois...
1834 – Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr., Springfield, Vermont. 1881 – Player piano...
Video appointments provide Veterans safe, convenient access to care WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of...
The town of Clarkton honored Lt. Governor Jimmy Green by naming a portion of...
1854 – Anthony Faas patents the 1st US accordion, having made improvements to both...
1787 – US Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years...
1742 – Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove. 1878 – District of Columbia is...
1760 – NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine. 1809 – 1st...
1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake...
1786 – Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr. Hall, NYC) 1872 – US...
It was a peaceful protest with a powerful message June 1 as people of...
The Clarkton Town Board appointed a committee to establish qualifications for selecting an engineering...
1862 – General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed...
1844 – Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) formed by George Williams in London. 1882...
1851 – Anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in...
1825 – Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC. 1896 – Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford...
1851 – 1st baseball uniforms worn when the NY Knickerbockers wear a uniform of...
1835 – P. T. Burnum & his circus begins 1st tour of US. 1857...
1813 – Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto “Don’t give up the ship” 1869...
1790 – US copyright law enacted. 1879 – Madison Square Garden opens in New...
1821 – James Boyd patents Fire Hose. 1848 – William G. Young patents ice...
Attorneys for Deborah S. Johnson, former Town Clerk for Elizabethtown, were instructed to appeal...
1849 – Lincoln says “You can fool some of the people all the time,...
1774 – 1st Continental Congress convenes in Virginia. 1889 – Edouard and Andre Michelin...
1796 – James S McLean patents his piano. 1916 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses...
1868 – US President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote. 1887 – Racetrack...
1919 – Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap. 1927 –...
There was an increase in COVID-19 testing capabilities and, therefore, more confirmed cases in...
1738 – John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement; celebrated annually by Methodists...
Robin Fassnacht was elected President of the Elizabethtown Jaycees. Lynn King was name Boss...
1785 – Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals. 1867 – Jesse James gang...
1803 – 1st US public library opens in Connecticut. 1843 – 1st wagon train...
1830 – D Hyde patents fountain pen. 1861 – North Carolina becomes 11th and last...
1884 – Ringling Brothers circus premieres. 1885 – 1st mass production of shoes (Jan...
Churches can now hold services inside sanctuaries, Bladen County added confirmed cases of COVID-19...
Evelyn Russ was the 1984 Bladen County Hospital Volunteer of the Year. Stephanie Wheeler...
1865 – The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunications Union) is established. 1897...
1817 – Mississippi River steamboat service begins. 1860 – Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham...
1817 – First private mental health hospital opens in the US, Asylum for the...
1787 – Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution. 1853 – Gail...
1846 – US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins. 1871 –...
1792 – Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented. 1908 – Wireless...
1900 – James J. Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 rounds for heavyweight...
The town of White Lake approved a $350,000 water and sewer bond. The Dublin...
Phase 1 of Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan to ease restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic...
1775 – Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia names George Washington Supreme Commander. 1837 –...
1899 – John Burr patents an improved rotary blade lawn mower in the US....
1792 – US establishes the military draft. 1879 – George Selden files for 1st...
1789 – First US Presidential inaugural ball (for George Washington in NYC) 1947 –...
1837 – US blacksmith John Deere creates the first steel plough in Grand Detour,...
1809 – Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent for weaving straw....
1846 – Michigan ends death penalty. 1878 – Thomas Edison’s Phonograph shown for 1st...
Bladen County had 27 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday morning, according to...
1803 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city. 1861 – President Lincoln asks...
A new business, Mr. Movie, opened in Elizabethtown. The East Bladen High School Quiz...
1776 – France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels. 1865 –...
1489 – Christopher Columbus proposes his plan to search for a western route to...
1813 – 1st US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel. 1894 – The...
1855 – First veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston. 1881 – Billy the Kid...
A sports first for Bladen County and more executive orders from the North Carolina...
1838 – Fire destroys half of Charleston, SC. 1861 – West Virginia secedes from...
1607 – Jamestown expedition makes first landing in America at a place named Cape...
Jack Hooks Jr. of Whiteville was appointed District Court Judge for Bladen, Brunswick and...