Sherry Wilborn
Making History History was made in Person County in 1992 when Mrs. Jean Andrews was elected as...
Local History
Recently, the Person County Museum of History (PCMH) hosted a program entitled Tracing Our Roots: A Journey...
If you ask anyone in Roxboro today where to go to enjoy a day on the lake,...
A few years ago, we celebrated the 240th anniversary of The Crossing of the Dan, a major...
My First Visit “The Holbrook Hotel is a beautiful home base for corporate and leisure travel to...
For anyone who loves to read, loves to learn, and loves being part of an engaged and...
It’s gone by numerous names over the past 100 years: Century Cotton Mills, New Century Cotton Mills,...
“Walk through that door there and have a seat in my office, and I’ll be right...
Psychologists have said that one of the most common dreams people have is about flying. There is...
Making History Personal – The R.P. Brooks General Store at the Person County Museum of History
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a general store as “a retail store located usually in a small or...
Many people know Gerald Roxbury as the vice president of the South Boston-Halifax Museum of Fine Arts...
“Tom is just an amazing person and hard to sum up briefly! He loves people, pretty much...
The kitchen didn’t have a door. In fact, it had been removed some time ago, as part...
The Danville area has for years (I am not allowed to say how many) enjoyed the on-air...
Just a few miles outside South Boston sits a circa 1844 mansion that now serves as a...
as a four year old,purse your lips tight andtry not to look at her.pretend she’s not even...
On Independence Day, Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence, ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July...
For decades, the bright reddish-orange neon “Home of Dan River Fabrics” sign graced the roof of the...
The Roller Mill’s Long Road to Rehabilitation Standing at the southern gateway to Historic Downtown Halifax, Virginia,...
Every year, the Danville Historical Society releases a new Christmas ornament and new puzzle, designed to highlight...