Randolph County: A Brief History
Created in 1779, Randolph County is located in the center of North Carolina’s Piedmont region. This concise volume traces the history of the county from its pre-colonial Native American habitation through European settlement in the eighteenth century, growing industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its establishment as a national tourist destination in the twenty-first century.
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Randolph County: A Brief History
Created in 1779, Randolph County is located in the center of North Carolina’s Piedmont region. This concise volume traces the history of the county from its pre-colonial Native American habitation through European settlement in the eighteenth century, growing industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its establishment as a national tourist destination in the twenty-first century.
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Randolph County: A Brief History

Randolph County: A Brief History

by L. Barron Mills Jr.
Randolph County: A Brief History

Randolph County: A Brief History

by L. Barron Mills Jr.

Overview

Created in 1779, Randolph County is located in the center of North Carolina’s Piedmont region. This concise volume traces the history of the county from its pre-colonial Native American habitation through European settlement in the eighteenth century, growing industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its establishment as a national tourist destination in the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780865263048
Publisher: North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Publication date: 01/01/2008
Series: County Records Series
Pages: 167
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Lapsley Barron Mills Jr. hold a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He held positions at the Alamance News in Graham, N.C., and at the Winston-Salem Journal before becoming editor and publisher of the Randolph Guide in 1955. Although Mr. Mills sold the Randolph Publishing Company in 1991, he continues to write a weekly column for the Randolph Guide. He has been an active member of the Randolph County Historical Society since 1956.
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