In the early 1800s, the western part of Orange County was more than a day's journey from the county seat of Hillsborough. Area residents petitioned for a new county, which prompted the North Carolina General Assembly to create Alamance County. Centrally located, Graham was established as its county seat. Men arrived by stagecoach, horseback, and wagon to live and work in this emerging town. Entrepreneurs provided the vision and tradesmen supplied the labor as mercantile businesses, hotels, and homes dotted the town's growing skyline. Graham became a trading center for residents of Alamance County as well as the neighboring counties of Orange, Chatham, Caswell, and Randolph. Before long, all roads led to Graham. Today, activities in the community still revolve around the court square and downtown businesses. Graham showcases the vibrant history and evolution of this unique North Carolina Piedmont town.
Jerry Barker has long championed North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) and led its development for many years. In Discovering North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail, he draws on that experience to take readers on a unique journey along the trail's full route, sharing the rich history and stories that live on each segment. Connecting the trail to the Indigenous history of western North Carolina, the long military presence near the Carolina coast, and more, Barker offers a new way to understand and appreciate not only the natural beauty of North Carolina but also its people and history. Dedicated long-distance hikers and day-trippers alike will value and enjoy this armchair guide. * Includes abundant illustrations with over fifty color photographs and maps for each of the MST's nineteen segments * Narrates significant histories related to each MST segment * Places prominent natural features of the trail in context * Introduces hikers to nearby attractions, cultural heritage sites, and trail towns Jerry Barker, a writer and avid hiker, is a former president of Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Marshall Madison disappeared the night his wife committed suicide. She had seen the things Madison had done to their son, Thad, and couldn't deal with the knowledge that their daughter, Caroline, would be next. Caroline was taken in by a kind, hard-working family, and Thad ran off to live by his wits on the streets of New York. But Madison means to make good on his promise to come for his children. And as he gets closer and closer, the trail of bodies in his wake gets longer and longer.
Twenty years ago, a grief-stricken couple mourned their stillborn son. Unknown to them, at the very same time, hundreds of other parents across the nation were faced with the same terrible loss. Tragic coincidence? Or the first diabolitcal maneuver in a monstrous plot? That's what bereaved father Richard Grant sets out to discover. As he follows a confusing trail of evidence from past to present, he realizes that he has stumbled upon a conspiracy so vast, so terrifying, that it threatens not only America's security, but the future of the entire world." - back cover.
She stalks the night in search of fresh human blood, Lamia Zacharius, the Death-Angel. She can be a sleek black raven or a large vicious dog hunting for human prey. She can be a menacing female hawk rising into the starless sky or a tall, slender woman with deep hypnotizing eyes into which a man might lose himself forever. She can be all these things and more. As long as she quenches her three-thousand-year-old thirst for blood." --Goodreads.
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