We have a pretty clear idea how some of the towns in Johnston and surrounding areas were established. Some were named for community leaders, geographic features, economic hubs. Others...yeah...not so sure.
One named after a possum hunt? Really?
This is the brief story of the names of Princeton, Four Oaks, and Archer Lodge

We have a pretty clear idea how some of the towns in Johnston and surrounding areas were established. Some were named for community leaders, geographic features, economic hubs. Others...yeah...not so sure. One named after a possum hunt? Really? This is the brief story of the names of Princeton, Four Oaks, and Archer Lodge

A Town by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet.

One of the first descriptions of North Carolina by the English that would later colonize the area was given by Ralph Lane, the governor of the first attempted colony. In 1585, Gov. Lane referred to the land as "the goodliest soil under the cope of heaven" in his letters back to England.
This podcast will tell the stories of its history, help people see the connections, not only between its "officials" but also between people that history either forgot or chose not to listen to. 
We will tell their stories; the plantation owners, the enslaved people, the displaced native Americans...all of them

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One of the first descriptions of North Carolina by the English that would later colonize the area was given by Ralph Lane, the governor of the first attempted colony. In 1585, Gov. Lane referred to the land as "the goodliest soil under the cope of heaven" in his letters back to England. This podcast will tell the stories of its history, help people see the connections, not only between its "officials" but also between people that history either forgot or chose not to listen to. We will tell their stories; the plantation owners, the enslaved people, the displaced native Americans...all of them

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A Town by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet.

A Town by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet.