Granville County, North Carolina : looking back / Lewis Bowling.

Author/creator Bowling, Lewis
Format Book
Publication InfoCharleston, SC : History Press, 2007.
Description125 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Granville County (N.C.)--History. --Anecdotes.
Granville County (N.C.)--Biography. --Anecdotes.
Granville County (N.C.)--Social life and customs. --Anecdotes.

Contents Introduction: Welcome to Granville County -- Granville County timeline -- Oxford -- A drive through Oxford in 1886 -- Now ride with me -- A visit to Oxford in 1908 -- Christmas celebrations -- Street names -- Hall's Drug Store -- Happenings around Stovall -- A letter of encouragement -- Ed Meadows, all-American -- Some "goings on" in 1914 -- Education -- Oxford's orphanages -- Granville County and the Civil War -- Tobacco -- To the moon -- A good man -- Camp Butner -- A great victory for Stem High School -- Thad Stem -- Hanging around a country store -- A World War II experience -- Granville County people -- Granville County Hospital -- Richard H. Thornton Library -- Creedmoor -- An Oxford boy makes the big leagues -- A few good poems -- A college in Oxford -- The Hester family tragedy.
General noteBased on the author's newspaper column entitled Looking back in the Oxford public ledger, Oxford, N.C.
LCCN 2007040044
ISBN9781596293335 (alk. paper)
ISBN1596293330 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Stacks F262.G85 B675 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner NC Stacks F262.G85 B675 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold