Working at a local history museum in a place where you didn’t grow up is always an...
Person County
March 2, 2025
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I’m 44 years old… The Pete Rose Little League All Star baseball bat is propped in...
December 11, 2024
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On Dec. 7, 1941, radios all over Person County were alerting Americans that they were under attack....
December 9, 2024
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When I was a child, World War II veterans were everywhere. They were in parades, at little...
September 19, 2024
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My wife and I always wanted to live out in the country, even though we both grew...
September 17, 2024
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If you’ve driven through Rougemont, Timberlake, Roxboro, or Bahama over the past couple of years, you may...
September 7, 2024
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Twenty-five years ago, a group of people committed to education in their community conceived of and founded...
August 30, 2024
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Community Collaboration with Piedmont Community College,NCVA Media, and Area Small Businesses Jerry Maguire is a sports agent...
August 23, 2024
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Making History History was made in Person County in 1992 when Mrs. Jean Andrews was elected as...
June 15, 2024
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Recently, the Person County Museum of History (PCMH) hosted a program entitled Tracing Our Roots: A Journey...
June 13, 2024
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For centuries, mankind has lived and worked close to resources that would sustain life. The original homesteaders...
March 27, 2024
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“For without hearts there is no home” – Lord Byron Friends and family gathered around the pool...
March 25, 2024
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No More Volunteer Fire Departments? What? We are on a mission to make sure people know more...
December 17, 2023
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In 1988, my family and I had relocated to Durham from Texas and a friend of ours...
December 9, 2023
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Three Generations of Know-How The Talbert family’s experience in the lumber business dates back to the 1930s,...
December 7, 2023
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For the past couple of years, music lovers in the Danville area and in Person, Caswell, and...
Making History Personal – The R.P. Brooks General Store at the Person County Museum of History

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December 1, 2023
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a general store as “a retail store located usually in a small or...
September 12, 2023
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Like much of the rest of the world, the early weeks of the Covid pandemic in 2020...
June 26, 2023
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Beginning a Business Janelle and Blaine Given have always had goals of “going big or bigger” to...
November 12, 2022
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Kirk Ashley is best known around Person County for building houses, many of which are located at...