Do you remember Christmas shopping in a catalog? No? I feel sorry for you.
Not only did Sears deliver toys to hopeful kids (and clothes, of course), but it could also deliver hope...
Especially in rural areas like Johnston

Do you remember Christmas shopping in a catalog? No? I feel sorry for you. Not only did Sears deliver toys to hopeful kids (and clothes, of course), but it could also deliver hope... Especially in rural areas like Johnston

Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman.

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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