Topics Related to This Day in North Carolina History

Viaduct an Engineering Marvel

On September 11, 1987, the Linn Cove Viaduct—part of the Blue Ridge Parkway—was completed in Avery County.

A Lift to Winter Tourism, Cataloochee

On September 11, 1961, North Carolina’s first ski resort, Cataloochee Ski Slopes, was incorporated. The Haywood County recreation area opened to skiers on December 22.

The Rutherford Trace and the Destruction of Nikwasi

On September 10, 1776, during the American Revolution, North Carolina General Griffith Rutherford attacked and burned the Cherokee town of Nikwasi as part of what became known as the “Rutherford Trace.”

Road for Charles Kuralt Began, Ended in North Carolina

On September 10, 1934, celebrated CBS journalist, television news anchor and bestselling author Charles Kuralt was born in Wilmington.

Joshua Lawrence and Schism among North Carolina Baptists

A highway marker commemorating

Aquariums Date to Bicentennial Year

On September 10, 1976, the facilities now known as the North Carolina Aquariums opened to the public for the first time.

The Man Who Destroyed the Recording Industry

On September 9, 2009, Bennie Lydell Glover of Shelby was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia, for felony conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.

Our First Miss America

On September 9, 1961, Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville became the first Miss North Carolina to be crowned Miss America.

Heroine of the American Revolution Martha Bell

On September 9, 1820, Martha McFarlane McGee Bell, heroine of the American Revolution, died at her home in Randolph County.

Jordan Lake’s Namesake Served in U.S. Senate

On September 8, 1896, B. Everett Jordan was born in Ramseur. Before being appointed to fill the vacant seat of Senator Kerr Scott in 1958, he was a successful textile executive who had worked his way up the ladder in one company since the 1920s.