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.

Author: L. Barron Mills
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 167
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.01d
ISBN: 9780865263048

About the Author
Mills, L. Barron: - 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.