Belated hat tip to former Miscellany keeper Jason Tomberlin and researcher-commenter Kevin Cherry for this fact-packed post about the eclipse of 1900, when Wadesboro became the mecca of the astronomical world…. This time, alas, Anson County’s view will max out at 97.5 percent of the total eclipse. .
Posts Tagged ‘anson county nc’
Who wouldn’t have wanted to be in Wadesboro in 1900?
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged 1900 eclipse, 2017 eclipse, anson county nc, wadesboro nc on August 20, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Ouch! Suppressing the vote, Anson County, 1773
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged anson county nc, nc regulators, robert j dinkin, voter suppression, voting in provincial america on June 19, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
“In Regulator-controlled Anson County, North Carolina, during the balloting in 1773, ‘sundry evil-disposed persons’ stationed themselves several feet in front of the courthouse and stopped ‘the freeholders on their way to the Table,’ asking ‘who they intended to vote for.’ “Those who opposed the Regulator candidates were ‘obstructed and hindered…some them being violently pushed back, […]
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