by Wadesboro | Oct 17, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. My father, Bennie, was a voracious reader. Every night after coming home from work and completing his outdoor chores he would sit down with both the local papers, the Port...
by Wadesboro | Oct 8, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. McFarlan Township, located in southern Anson County at the state line, came into existence on April 24, 1883, when the United States Post Office changed the name of the post...
by Wadesboro | Oct 8, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. As everyone knows, the sports teams for Anson High School are called the Bearcats. But what exactly is a bearcat and how did the school adopt it as their mascot? First...
by Wadesboro | Oct 3, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Information for this article comes from the Oct. 16, 1888, issue of the Messenger-Intelligencer which was published in Wadesboro from 1888-1923. Polkton Baptist Church,...
by Wadesboro | Oct 3, 2019 | Wadesboro
(Photo courtesy of wideopenspaces.com) The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Over a period of several months in the late 1960s, my Ohio hometown was beset with numerous sightings of a large cat-like animal...
