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Martha McFarlane McGee Bell was a tough woman, up for any challenge, and that prepared her for some heroics during the American Revolution. She married Colonel John McGee, a British officer who came to settle in Orange County, North Carolina in the 1750s. He established a grist mill, store, and farm. Martha was well known…
James Iredell Waddell wreaked havoc on the United States Navy during the Civil War — and after, mostly because he refused to believe reports that the conflict had ended. He also took his Confederate ship around the world — literally — the only CSA naval officer to do so. And a large part of Waddell’s…
[Note: This originally appeared in The Soapbox, Michael’s weekly column in The Nashville Graphic. Photo by Ben Finch.] I remember getting my first pack of baseball cards at Bass Brothers store in Momeyer, a pack of 1975 Topps. I was hoping to get a Jim “Catfish” Hunter, who was about the only player…