The Iron Horse

In 1879, the Columbus to Rome railroad made its way over Pine Mountain to the village of Hood which had been established by Colonel W. D. Chipley. After two years, Hood vanished almost overnight due to a dispute over land ...

Tennis Court

President Carter's life-long love of tennis began with his frequent, fierce contest with his father on this Georgia clay court.

My father... was an excellent tennis player. ... I could never beat my father. He had a wicked slice ball which ...

The Carter Family Garden

Earl Carter always had a garden to add variety to the family's meals. A community sweet potato garden was also planted and shared among the residents who lived nearby. This garden was strictly for the Carter family's use although the ...

Pasquotank County Courthouse 1882

Fifth Courthouse in County; second on this site. Replaced wooden building erected about 1799 and burned during Federal occupation of the City, 1862. Records dating from about 1700 were saved by Arthur Jones and hidden in a barn until end ...

Huffman Mill Bridge 1864-65/Pioneer George Huffman

Huffman Mill Bridge 1864-65

William T. Washer was contracted with Spencer & Perry Counties, July 1864 to build a 148 foot yellow poplar Burr Arch-Trust Bridge. (Patented by Theodore Burr 1771-1882). Contract payment called for Ten Thousand Dollars in "Lawful money ...

Next-door Neighbors

The nearest house to ours, between the barn and the main road, was the home of a special family.

Jack Clark was in charge of the barn, the mules and horses, the equipment and harness, and rarely worked in the ...

Cash Crops

This fields is a small part of several hundred acres that earned a living for the Carters and the other families who lived here. Like his neighbors throughout southwest Georgia, Earl Carter mixed his plantings of cotton, corn, watermelons, sugar ...

Never Far from Home

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

With a short walk around this farm you can just take a glimpse of the small, enclosed world that ...

Wright Brothers in the Albemarle

On September 8, 1900, Wilbur Wright arrived here at the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Depot, then proceeded by boat to Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers made several trips through Elizabeth City, the shipping and supply center for northeastern North Carolina.

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Legacy of an Outdoor Childhood

"Why do you fish and hunt?" I'm often asked, The easiest answer is : "My father and all my ancestors did it before me. It's been part of my life since childhood, and part of my identity, like being a ...