Stories of a hitchhiking apparition have haunted imaginations for years in Jamestown, NC. They say a woman dressed in white can be seen around a desolate bridge on dark and stormy nights. Her name is Lydia and you should learn more about her legend here: tinyurl.com/4683hprc

#OnThisDay in 1961, Henry Casey, Lemuel Houston, and Thomas Carlyle began serious efforts to salvage the remains of the ironclad CSS Neuse from the Neuse River in Kinston. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

Short video from last month's North Carolina Highway Historical Markers ceremony for late Seaboard native, minister, Shaw University alum & administrator, @wcpss board mbr, Raleigh alderman Dr. Nicholas F. Roberts. @PriceForDel95 Rep. Bobby Scott Paulette Dillard, Ph.D. #ncpol #nchistory #HBCU vimeo.com/874580142?ref=…

#OnThisDay in 31, 1754, Arthur Dobbs, the newly minted governor of North Carolina, arrived in the colony. Dobbs was responsible for the immigration of about 500 Protestant families from the northern part of Ireland to North Carolina. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

Learn more about Arthur Dobbs on MosaicNC: mosaicnc.org/arthur-dobbs

#OnThisDay in 1795, James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the US, was born just south of modern Charlotte. While Polk’s original NC home is gone, a cabin accurate to the period is open to the public at the President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville.

#OnThisDay in 1936, Thad Eure was elected to his first term as North Carolina’s Secretary of State. Eure would go on to hold the post for 13 terms, serving in the job for a total of 53 years. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

#OnThisDay in 1865, the CSS Shenandoah lowered the Confederate flag and James I. Waddell, a native of Pittsboro, surrendered to British authorities in Liverpool. The surrender came six months after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

The American Indian Heritage Commission has a list of state and national resources where individuals can learn more about American Indian history, artifacts, artwork, and more. Some state resources include the North Carolina Highway Historical Markers, NC Museum of History, and Town Creek Mound, pictured above.

#OnThisDay in 1944, water impoundment began at Fontana Dam in western North Carolina. At 480 feet, Fontana Dam is the highest dam east of the Rocky Mountains. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

A highly decorated war veteran, Lt. Gen. Robert Sink from NC will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Markers on Nov. 11. He was a career U.S. Army officer who served in both World War II and the Korean War. Full press release:bit.ly/3QqoWQq

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#OnThisDay in 1566, Juan Pardo led Spanish explorers on expedition from Santa Elena (SC) to explore the region and claim land for Spain. They built Fort San Juan in what is now Morganton--the earliest known European settlement in the interior of the US. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

#OnThisDay in 1902, the Hall of History—predecessor of the North Carolina Museum of History—opened in a small room in the old Agriculture Building in Raleigh. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

#OnThisDay in 1809, Jacob Henry, North Carolina’s first Jewish legislator, delivered a rousing speech about religious liberty to the General Assembly. Considered a touchstone of religious rights and tolerance, it has been published and quoted frequently. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

#OnThisDay in 1970, the groundbreaking took place for what would become Jordan Lake, a means of flood control for the Cape Fear River basin. A thorough archaeological investigation was conducted prior to the lake being filled. ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/12/0…

#OnThisDay in 1659 George and Ann Marwood Durant, pioneer settlers of the Albemarle region of Carolina, were married. Both markers are in Perquimans Co. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M… and ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…

#OnThisDay in 1921, Lillian Exum Clement took her seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives, becoming the first woman in the South to hold legislative office. She was nominated 2 months before the 19th Amendment granted her the right to vote.

#OnThisDay in 1975, the state of NC obtained Thomas Wolfe’s “Old Kentucky Home.” The Asheville boardinghouse, renamed “Dixieland,” was the setting for Wolfe’s first novel, Look Homeward, Angel. ThomasWolfe Memorial is a now a NC Historic Sites ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…