by Wadesboro | Feb 5, 2020 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. You’ve heard of Hollywood celebrity Carson Jones Daly? Did you know that his mother, Patricia (Pattie) Jean Jones, was born March 28, 1944, in Troy? There’s some...
by Wadesboro | Jan 30, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. That’s John Belushi, star of “Animal House,” in the photo. Halfway through my sophomore year in college we got a new resident assistant on our dormitory...
by Wadesboro | Jan 30, 2020 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Did you know that Star Jones, former co-host of “The View,” is a descendant of George Washington Baucom of the Madison Grove Church community in southern Anson...
by Wadesboro | Jan 23, 2020 | Wadesboro
Walking the Land is a regular feature written by Becky Dill, an amateur naturalist, photographer and professional barista at the Paw. You don’t need to walk the land to see reindeer moss; I know you’ve seen it while driving local roads. It grows into large...
by Wadesboro | Jan 23, 2020 | Wadesboro
Learn about managing your woodlands in a free course offered by Anson Cooperative Extension on Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27 – from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday – at the Anson Extension Office, 501 McLaurin St., Wadesboro.
by Wadesboro | Jan 23, 2020 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Did you know that Andrew Jackson – the seventh president of the United States and the dude on the $20 bill – received his law license in Anson County? According to...
