Rural North Carolina History

Downtown Yanceyville, May 1940

“The Woman’s Touch,” by Jane S. McKimmon, Carolina Co-operator , May 1935 Making Over the Hand-Me-Downs Hold on to all the old suits ...

You probably knew that people collected scrap metal during World War II to help the war effort, but did you know that citizens also were as...

Adna Edwards, Rowan County’s first full-time home demonstration agent, teaches the Woodleaf Home Demonstration Club how to use a steam p...

Inside the Stem general store in Granville County, May 1940.  The young men have dressed up to cast their ballots in a primary electi...

“Marketing Sidelines” by Cornelia C. Morris, Extension Economist in Food Conservation and Marketing at N.C. State College, as published in ...

From the May, 1951, issue of Extension Farm-News , published at N.C. State College, Raleigh JOHNSON COUNTY Johnston County’s 900 home...