History A Summer Note from Prince: Taxes and Trust in 1897 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “Kindly send me receipts & oblige” Pull up a chair and let me show you something special I found tucked away in the archives. It is a single sheet of cream-colored paper, worn soft at the edges with fold lines that suggest it was once a prized piece of correspondence… Continue Reading
History A Little Yellow Receipt from the Hills of Prince M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “A penalty of $300 is fixed by law for using this card for other than official business.” Now, step back in time with me for a moment to the tail end of the nineteenth century. We’ve come across a sturdy little orange-yellow card that tells a simple but important story… Continue Reading
History A Friendly Note from the Courthouse, 1896 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “I enclose you spa’s, in your case vs Geo Bowers.” Pull up a chair and let me share a real treasure with you. This here is a letter from August 27, 1896, and it is like a little time capsule you can hold in your hand. It is written on… Continue Reading
History A Little Mistake and a Lot of Heart: A 1895 Sheriff’s Note M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 12, 2026 “The Clerk will put it back on the books for 1895 & then you can pay for both years – There will be no cost or interest on it” Step back in time with me for a moment to a quiet morning in June of 1895. I was just looking… Continue Reading
History A Neighborly Note from 1895: When Taxes Told a Story M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 7, 2026 “Last year you Paid your Personal Tax and 4.18 on the Fayetteville Dist land and I carried it over for you.” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found something special tucked away in the archives today. It’s a simple slip of lined paper from June 19th, 1895, but it… Continue Reading
History A Friendly Request from the Winter of 1886 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 11, 2026 “I want to see you on Business if you dont come to Day come in the Morning” Hello there, neighbors! I was tucking away some files in the archive today when I stumbled upon a little slip of history that felt just like a warm handshake from the past. It… Continue Reading