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Long forgotten by history, the Battle of Forks Road was the last domino to fall before Wilmington was captured by Union forces in the final year of the Civil War.But even more than its military significance, it was a key theater of war for the
They were inseparable in life and they were inseparable in death.Whoever said a dog is man's best friend would have certainly smiled at the bond between Capt. William Ellerbrock and his dog, Boss, both of whom lived in Wilmington in the late 1
Black Thursday: Dec. 15, 1955.To shock of Wilmington, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad announced it would be ending its century-long relationship with the city, where it operated its headquarters in 1900, and moving to a new city.It was a dev
For more than 80 years, Wilmington had the ultimate icon of the holidays right in its backyard.The World's Largest Living Christmas attracted tens of thousands of visitors every year to marvel at its height and outstretching branches, draped i
On the morning of Nov. 11, 1898, Wilmington was a city in shock.The day prior, chaos reigned on the streets when a mob of armed white supremacists unleashed intimidation, threats and gunfire on the Black residents of Wilmington.In the third e
On the morning of Nov. 10, 1898, hell jolted loose in Wilmington, as it was later described.Chaos filled the streets as a mob of armed white men swept across the city, burning The Daily Record In the second episode of "Unearthing 1898," host
On the morning of Nov. 10, 1898, Wilmington awoke to violence in the streets.A white supremacist mob had started the morning by marching through the city, burning a Black-run newspaper and eventually killing Black citizens in the streets befor
Lula's Pub is a downtown Wilmington bar beloved for its underground aesthetic, its low-key atmosphere and its ghost story, which tells of a former slave killed on the property who now greets guests in mirrors or dark corners.Venture down a dar
Lizzie Turlington was a promising leader in North Carolina's deaf mute community in 1886 when she was murdered in the woods outside of Raleigh.The Wilmington native was shot once in the head by the man who had taken her for a leisurely ride th
In 1791, George Washington, just two years into his presidency, set out on a tour of the Southern States. Nearly 120 years later, William Howard Taft celebrated his first year in office with a tour of 33 states and territories.On each trip, th
Frying Pan Tower was once the first light of the Cape Fear, serving as a light station 32 miles off the coast of Southeastern North Carolina to warn mariners of the dangers of Frying Pan Shoals.Today, it has been retired by the U.S. Coast Guar
As Confederate monuments come down across the country, the historic Bellamy Mansion’s intertwined stories of Southern prosperity and slavery have only invited more questions about the history of the 160-year-old Wilmington residence and what it
The Women's Suffrage Movement was fought city by city, league by league for nearly eight decades.Changing the country's mind on what role women should play in society was never going to be an easy fight, but for years, the suffragettes at the
Before it was one of North Carolina’s most desired destinations, the setting of Nicholas Sparks’ “Safe Haven” or a quaint fishing village, Southport was supposed to be the first line of defense for the Cape Fear.The land that would become the
In June 2020, the city of Wilmington removed two downtown statues to the Confederacy that had been publicly displayed for a century or more.One was a memorial to those soldiers from New Hanover County who fought for the South, the other was a
Seven years before the Boston Tea Party and a decade before the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence, the residents of the Cape Fear launched one of the earliest armed revolts against the British crown.With the passage o
Althea Gibson was considered the greatest tennis player in the world in the 1950s after becoming the first Black person to win Wimbledon.Breaking barriers on the world's stage was a long way from the streets of Harlem where she grew up and the
In 1744, Wilmington's first jail was commissioned at the prominent corner of Third and Market streets in the heart of the still-growing downtown.It was a highly visible site for the crude colonial justice system to enact an array of punishment
When the United States was finally pulled into World War II, the city was already hard at work churning out warships on the banks of the Cape Fear River.During the war, the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company would churned out 243 warships, em
In its milestone 50th episode, Cape Fear Unearthed ventures into some of the most beautiful and historic places in the region with a look at the cemeteries and graveyards of the Cape Fear.Learn about the origins of and notable residents within
In the fall of 1918, Wilmington's attention was on the frontlines of World War I overseas. But without realizing it, a deadly enemy managed to sneak in undetected.By the time the first case of Spanish influenza was reported in Wilmington, tran
History is often viewed through the lens of the accomplishments of men. But it is women who have provided the backbone for communities all over the world. That is no different in the Cape Fear region.With Women’s History Month in full swing, t
When America went to war to fight for its independence, it was a nation of immigrants.Among those disparate groups looking for opportunity in the new country were the Highland Scots, thousands of which made the journey after being forced out o
How did a flag from Fort Anderson in the Cape Fear make it all the way to Washington, D.C. and become the inciting factor in a chance encounter between President Abraham Lincoln and his eventual assassin John Wilkes Booth?In this special compa
By February 1865, the only thing that stood between Wilmington and the Union navy advancing up the Cape Fear River was Fort Anderson.Built upon the ruins of Brunswick Town, the region’s first permanent settlement, the fort was initially manned
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