Stanly County History Center

Category: Exhibits & Stories

  • First Peoples Exhibit Photos

    The First Peoples of Stanly County Saturday, May 2nd — Saturday, August 29th Objects, Artifacts, & Photos from Morrow Mountain State Park The Oakboro Regional History Museum Pfeiffer University Library The Rankin Museum of American Heritage Matt Steed (Seven Gables Furniture & Design)

  • Stanly County Postcards

    These postcards from Stanly County were recently scanned from Lewis Bramlett’s collection.  Eventually they will be added to the museum’s online database.

  • William Henry Wall

    Posted: Monday, August 6, 2007 9:10 am By Carrie Crespo, Staff Writer In a time of segregation, there were many silent role models in Stanly County. One such unsung role model was William Henry Wall, a black man who served as a brick mason and was active in his church and his community. Described as…

  • Morrow Mountain State Park – 1940 & 1942

    Morrow Mountain State Park – 1940 & 1942

    Morrow Mountain State Park Opening Parade on June 29, 1940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGiHjuBNLOk The following images come from the State Archives flickr site. “Pictorial Review of North Carolina State Parks 1942” From the records of the North Carolina Conservation and Development Department, Division of State Parks, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC. 1979 Morrow Mountain State Park…

  • Barringer Gold Mine

    A few miles from the Reed Gold mine – believed to be the site of the first documented gold find in the United States (circa 1799) – and four miles from Gold Hill is the Barringer Gold Mine in Stanly County.  Formerly one of the most important gold mines in 1800s North Carolina, the Barringer…

  • Rosenwald School Exhibit Visitors

  • Rosenwald Schools – Videos

       

  • Kingville Community – William Henry Wall

    Posted: Monday, August 6, 2007 9:10 am By Carrie Crespo, Staff Writer In a time of segregation, there were many silent role models in Stanly County. One such unsung role model was William Henry Wall, a black man who served as a brick mason and was active in his church and his community. Described as…

  • Norwood Colored High School

    Information will be added to this page. We do not have a photo of the original Rosenwald School in Norwood, but we do have a photo of the teacher’s home. Here is a photo of the Norwood Black School in 1917 (pre-Rosenwald).  Principal Professor H. S. Sellers is seated front right.  Classes were held in…

  • Rosenwald Schools – Resources

    Fisk University Rosenwald Database Search the Fisk database for Rosenwald building information: http://rosenwald.fisk.edu/?module=search (more information from the National Trust for Historic Preservation). Rosenwald School Day Program. Negro School Improvement Day Program of Exercises, Friday, March 6th, 1931. The Julius Rosenwald Fund for “The Well-Being of Mankind.“. Raleigh, N.C.: State Supt. of Public Instr, n.d. Julius…