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When he was 45 years old, Stephen Lee moved from Charleston, S.C. to Asheville, N.C. where he started a school for boys. He had attended the College of Charleston and West Point before starting his law practice with his father. He married his first cousin, Caroline Lee, in 1824 and they had fifteen children. Caroline…
[Note: This was one of my favorite columns by legendary North Carolina writer Dennis Rogers. It originally appeared in the News & Observer, and later in Rogers’ book, It’s Bad News When the Bartender Cries. This is a summary of the story.] Lonnie Roberts owned a good mule and now it was dead and he…
Most people probably think politics is uglier than it has ever been these days. However, history is full of stories of physical fights and assaults related to politics, even on the floor of Congress. In North Carolina, one of the southeast’s last duels took place in Wilmington among two prominent citizens, Dr. William Crawford Willkings…