1819 – 1st successful agricultural journal (“American Journal”) first publishes. 1927 – US inventor...
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1778 – New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the “$” symbol. 1826 – Samuel...
1736 – Bellevue Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse – 1st public...
Each week we present an historical place in Bladen County. This week we present...
East Bladen High School boy’s basketball team won the North Carolina Class 3A State...
1822 – Congress combines East & West Florida into Florida Territory. 1842 – Ether...
1806 – Construction is authorized off the Great National Pike, better known as the...
1797 – Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine. 1845 – Mexico...
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building...
1790 – US Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency. 1845 – Patent awarded...
1776 – Continental Congress authorizes a medal for George Washington. 1813 – First US...
Each week we present an historical place in Bladen County. This week we present...
1775 – Patrick Henry proclaims “Give me liberty or give me death” in speech...
1630 – 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 1841 – A method for...
1844 – The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return...
1831 – 1st US bank robbery, the City Bank in New York robbed of...
1541 – Hernando de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi River) 1813...
1755 – Transylvania Land Company buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief. 1762...
UNC-Asheville defeated Pembroke State University 62-56 in the NAIA District 26 basketball tourney. UNC-A...
Each week we present an historical place in Bladen County. This week we present...
1781 – British and American forces clash during the Battle of Guilford Court House,...
1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in...
1639 – Cambridge College, Massachusetts, renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard. 1677 – Massachusetts...
Each week we present an historical place in Bladen County. This week we present...
1664 – New Jersey becomes an English colony. 1850 – 1st US $20 gold...
1665 – New York approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights. 1779 – US...
1791 – John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver. 1849 – Abraham...
Sadie Minter retired from the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Ms. Minter was the first...
1798 – Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US Navy. 1822...
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. 1865 – Battle of Kinston,...
1801 – Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law. 1854 – Charles Miller patents...
1810 – Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US. 1836 – Battle of...
1623 – 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia. 1774 – John Hancock delivers the...
Clarkton High School defeated Orrum High School 79-38 in the Tri-County 1-A Conference Tournament....
Contributed Harmony Hall was built by Col. James Richardson prior to 1768. The 12,000...
1799 – Congress standardizers US weights & measures. 1919 – US passed its...
By Jefferson Weaver General Lee was a hero. Before you get to attacking my...
1801 – Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction. 1813 – 1st federal vaccination legislation...
1863 – Abraham Lincoln signs National Currency Act, establishes single national US currency....
1863 – Abraham Lincoln signs National Currency Act, establishes single national US currency. 1869...
Each week we present an historical place in Bladen County. This week we present...
90 members of the East Bladen Band traveled to Lanett, Alabama and performed before...
1839 – Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia. 1855 – US Court of...
1813 – 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts. 1822 – Boston,...
1792 – US Congress passes Presidential Succession Act. 1842 – 1st known sewing machine...
1792 – US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance. 1809 –...
1803 – US Congress accepts Ohio’s constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953. 1831 –...
By Charlotte Smith On President’s Day we want to remind our readers of the...
By Brenda Brown Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Fayetteville, NC In February, our...
On Saturday and Sunday, February 23 – 24, 2019, from 10 am – 4...
1621 – Myles Standish is elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony....
Each week we present an historical place in Bladen County. This week we present...
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a break-in at the B.C. Moore Store...
1741 – Benjamin Franklin’s General Magazine begins publishing. 1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting...
By Erin Smith When people think of Black history they often think of politicians,...
1768 – 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia. 1842 – 1st adhesive postage...
1794 – 1st US textile machinery patent granted to James Davenport, Philadelphia. 1803 –...
RALEIGH: In celebration of Black History Month, Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper...
1693 – College of William and Mary opens in Williamsburg, Virginia. 1795 – 1st...
1850 – Original Washington’s Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300. 1877 – US Congress...
Each week we present information on an historical place in Bladen County. This week...
1766 – Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia. 1794 – 1st session of US...
1846 – Beginning of Mormon march to western US. 1855 – US citizenship laws...
The Elizabethtown Board of Commissioners hired Willie Griffin as Housing and Community Development Coordinator....
1825 – House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president. 1870 –...
1693 – William & Mary College is chartered in Williamsburg in the Dominion and...
Contributed The first national Black History Month was established in 1976 by President Gerald...
1795 – 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states. 1839 –...
1778 – France recognizes USA, signs Treaty of Alliance in Paris, 1st US treaty....
1631 – Rhode Island founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England. 1644 –...
1789 – 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams...
1743 – Philadelphia establishes a ‘pesthouse’ to quarantine immigrants. 1834 – Wake Forest University...
Bladen County received $6,729 to help emergency management activities. Phil Allen, outgoing Tar Heel...
1653 – New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York) 1802 – 1st...
1788 – 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet. 1790...
1851 – American Gail Borden announces the invention of condensed milk. 1865 – General...
1799 – Rep Mathew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct)...
1595 – William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” is thought to have been first...
1851 – Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered. 1855 – The first locomotive runs from the...
1785 – First US state university in Athens, Georgia. 1870 – After accepting 15th...
Each week we feature an historical place in Bladen County. This week our featured...
Jimmy Green of Clarkton filed for the office of Governor of North Carolina. A...
1784 – Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as American’s symbol. 1802 – Congress...
1799 – 1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont. 1819 –...
1776 – Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the artillery that he has...
1789 – Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded. 1845 – Uniform US election day...
1842 – Charles Dickens arrives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, Catherine. 1850 –...
1677 – 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox) published in Boston. 1846...
1778 – 1st American military court martial trial in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1788 – Pioneer...
This week we will be featuring Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church which is located near...
Bladen Technical College announced that they were now offering a Notary Republic class for...
1825 – Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans....
1644 – Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America’s 1st UFO sighting. 1733 – 1st...
1821 – Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 US families to settle in Texas,...
1493 – Christopher Columbus leaves the New World and sets sail for Spain. 1777...
1831 – 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run. 1844...
For the next few weeks we will be featuring some of the historical places...
1639 -1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow. 1699...
1630 – Letters Patent issued to Plymouth Colony. 1733 – James Oglethorpe & 130...
Bladen County unemployment was at 16.7%. The Carvers Creek chapter of the NAACP held...