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With a Name Like Schmocker… er, Bern, It Has to be Good by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society New Bern, NC City Hall clock tower; photo courtesy https://downtownnewbernhistory. blogspot.com/2012/06 The April 1, 1982, New Bern Sun Journal newspaper had an interesting article about the number of towns, cities, townships, and other geographic entities

High Hopes and Steadfast Belief by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society Map courtesy David Rumsey Historic Map Collection; https://davidrumsey.oldmapsonline.org/. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, the small towns of Deer Isle, Maine and Charlotte, North Carolina were about as far apart geographically, ideologically, and socioeconomically as they could be. Situated

Celebrities Who Served by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society A number of men and women who have served in the military in North Carolina became famous for their careers in film, sports, and NASA. How many of these stories do you know? Old-time movie aficionados will remember the matinee idol Tyrone Power, the

A Grand House Finds A Home by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society Photo credit Ben Lindemann, New Bern, @benlindemannphotography The Historical Society’s 100th Anniversary celebration continues and with it comes an opportunity to reflect upon our long history as an organization. The Society had a rousing start, but due to the Depression and

Recollections of My Slavery Days by Claudia Houston, Historian, New Bern Historical Society “I have lived through the greatest epoch in history, having been born August 10, 1835, at Newbern, North Carolina. That was not so many years, you see, after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the winning of the Revolutionary War.