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You might be related to ‘Red’ Barber

You might be related to ‘Red’ Barber

Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society.  We learn something every day and I recently learned a lot from my Historical Society guest, Jim Walker of Chicago, who is compiling a book on the famous baseball...
#ShopLocal: ‘You eat with your eyes first’

#ShopLocal: ‘You eat with your eyes first’

By Emily Granholm Wadesboro has a new catering business, Milestone Full Service Catering, established in 2014 by Chad and Lilly Fowler. Originally from Maryland, they moved to Anson County this past April and purchased a beautiful home in Wadesboro. They’ve worked in...
Anson County once had a Florian post office

Anson County once had a Florian post office

Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Research for this article was compiled by Timothy Guy Martin in September 2019. He collaborated with Kenneth David Martin, both being direct descendants of James...
Field notes: Broadband’s not just for horses

Field notes: Broadband’s not just for horses

The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The county where I worked prior to coming to Anson in 2016 was really two completely different places. The southern part was a suburb of Charlotte where an acre of land sold...