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(Some Wilson County History) What is special about these two glasses? They were a gift in 1954. - almost 70 years ago. They came from...

“Skip To The Loo” Over 80 years ago I was lucky enough to spend time with my Granny, Nannie Wiggins. She was an amazing woman. Small and...

(He told his mule to “whoa”). Some of the earliest inhabitants of Wilson County, North Carolina, were the Tuscarora Indians. The...

(Memories from 1930’s & 40’s) My maternal grandmother, Martha Sharpe Bridgers, or “Granny Mothie” as she was known to us, appeared to be...

“Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Heart of Man? The Shadow Knows. ha hahahaha”. It is a fact that I have never personally actually seen a...

Let the Fun Begin! It’s the week before Labor Day. My daddy is digging a hole in the ground – a rectangular hole about three feet by five...

Fish stew was introduced to the North Carolina coast by early English settlers. This culinary delight made its way inland all the way to...

Today, something different. This is a poem from the 1960’s that has meant a lot to me through the years. I hope you enjoy. There was an...

We were in search of fried chicken. It was a rural and different way of checking out a menu in the 1930’s and 40’s. Pender’s Crossroads...

It was called Truck Farming It was a treat for me to visit with my great aunt Gladys. Her children were older than me and all of them had...

It is just a few days from the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gatherings, eating too much great food, exchanging gifts that were so...

It was a Saturday morning just before Christmas when my father, who was born in 1909, asked me to take him to a dime store to pick up...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING Thank you for stopping by montressgreene.com “CROSSROADS” website and Blog. First, I will introduce myself. I was...