November 9, 2020

Tag: North Carolina

Cannon Mills

Tony Crumbley

Cannon Mills

As a young child growing up in Kannapolis, North Carolina, I often heard the story of how Kannapolis was founded.  Young James W. Cannon, on a train ride north from his home in Concord, looked out of a train window and saw nice farmland and said

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States Poke Fun At Themselves Through Postcards

Bonnie Wilpon

States Poke Fun At Themselves
Through Postcards

As a Floridian, I hear lots of people complain about our heat, especially in the summertime, and we natives smile and nod politely. When I go out west though, and my skin feels as though it’s baking in a 600-degree oven,

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