Have you ever wondered if lawmakers were drunk when they passed some laws? Bars, taverns, public houses, inns, ordinaries… Whatever you want to call them, have been instrumental in our nation’s, state’s, and county’s histories. One might say our world would be different if lawmakers hadn’t gotten together over a pint or two.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name... and Your Tax Records

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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Where Everybody Knows Your Name... and Your Tax Records

Where Everybody Knows Your Name... and Your Tax Records