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Newsletters


April 2025 (Click Here to View or Download Newsletter)
  • A Slice of History: The Fish Car Era
  • A Slice of History: The Founding of Our Historical Association in 1946
  • Docent Notes: Betty Lamps
  • Docent Notes: Crusie Lamp
  • Docent Notes: Shaw House Phoebe and Betty Lamps
  • News: Five Bricks for Preservation
  • News: Kennelwood Logs
  • News: Presidents’ Letter
  • News: Wanted - A few Good Men and Women
  • Upcoming Event: Annual Shaw House Heritage Fair
  • Upcoming Event: Clenny Creek Heritage Day
  • Upcoming Event: Colonial Day at Shaw House

February 2025 (Click Here to View or Download Newsletter)
  • A Second Slice Of History: A Tartan of Our Own
  • A Slice Of History: Time Change and The Railroads Of The 19th Century
  • News: 10 Plates for Dinner at Shaw House
  • News: End of The Year Activities
  • News: Honoring Our Founder
  • News: Kenneth Black Cemetery
  • News: Larry’s Postcards
  • News: Presidents’ Letter
  • News: The Cleaning of The Roofs
  • Then And Now: Valentines From 1847 & 1851
  • Upcoming Event: A Tour Presentation: Explore The Pacific Northwest
  • Upcoming Event: Lecture: Jane Pratt: North Carolina’s First Congresswoman

November 2024 (Click Here to View or Download Newsletter)
  • A Slice of History: MCHA and the Atomic Bomb
  • News: 10 Plates Dinner at Shaw House
  • News: 2025 Calendar of Scottish Men in Kilts
  • News: Desecration at the Old Scotch Graveyard
  • News: Kenneth Black Cemetery Dedication
  • News: Malcolm Blue Festival
  • News: Presidents' Letter
  • News: Scotland County Highland Games
  • News: Thank You to Heritage Fair Sponsors, Demonstrators, Volunteers, and Vendors
  • News: The Outhouse is In
  • Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Bryant House
  • Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Shaw House
  • Upcoming Event: Members' Holiday Party
  • Upcoming Event: Tour to Pacific Northwest and California
  • Upcoming Event: Tour to South Africa, Victoria Falls and Botswana

August 2024 (Click Here to View or Download Newsletter)
  • A Slice of History: Hardtack
  • News: Annual Meeting
  • News: Eagle Scout Project
  • News: Malcolm Blue Festival
  • News: New Home for Archives
  • News: New Lighting in the Sanders Cabin
  • News: Presidents' Letter
  • News: Scotland County Highland games
  • News: Yadkin Road Markers
  • Upcoming Event: Africa Tour
  • Upcoming Event: Lecture Creation of UNC in 1795
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Fair and Moore Treasures Sale

May 2024 (Click Here to View or Download Newsletter)
  • A Slice of History: Ketchup
  • Event Recap: DAR 250 Event
  • Event Recap: Kenneth Black Cemetery
  • Event Recap: Queen Anne’s Revenge Lecture
  • News:  Grant Awarded to MCHA
  • News:  Old Scotch Graveyard
  • News: Presidents’ Letter
  • News: The Culinary Garden
  • Upcoming Event:  Annual Meeting
  • Upcoming Event:  Donations Needed for Shaw Fair
  • Upcoming Event:  Shaw House Heritage Fair

February 2024 (Click Here to View or Download Newsletter)
  • A Slice of History: Medicine
  • Event Recap: A Joint Venture
  • Event Recap: Holiday Party and Open Houses
  • Event Recap: November Lecture
  • News: Certificate Presentation
  • News: Presidents’ Letter
  • Upcoming Event: Clenny Creek Heritage Day
  • Upcoming Event: Old Scotch Graveyard

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Year in Review 2023
  • Cemeteries
  • Lecture Series
  • Events
  • Soap Sales
  • Pinecrest High School
  • Archives
  • E-Bay
  • QR Program
  • Docents
  • Yadkin Road Markers

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November 2023
  • News: Presidents' Letter
  • News: A New Half Roof for the Garner House
  • News: A Postcard Collection Donation
  • News: A Place to Sit
  • News: New Executive Officers
  • News: New Board Member
  • News: Grant Received
  • Event Recap: Logs from Annie Oakley
  • A Slice of History: The History of 18th and 19th Century Medicine PT 3

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July 2023
  • A Slice of History: The History of 18th and 19th Century Medicine PT 2
  • Event Recap: Clenny Creek Heritage Day
  • Event Recap: Old Scottish Graveyard Update
  • Event Recap: The Annual Meeting
  • Event Recap: The MCHA Lecture Series
  • Event Recap: Yadkin Road Markers
  • News: Presidents' Letter
  • News: QR Code Project
  • News: We Have an Archivist
  • Upcoming Event: 15th Shaw House Heritage Fair
  • Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Bryant House
  • Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Shaw House
  • Upcoming Event: Members Holiday Party
  • Upcoming Event: Scotland County Highland Games


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February 2023
  • A Slice of History: The History of 18th and 19th Century Medicine
  • Event Recap: Kenneth Black Cemetery
  • Event Recap: November Lecture
  • Event Recap: December Parties
  • Event Recap: Yadkin Trail Markers
  • News: New Board Member
  • News: Old Scotch Graveyard Update
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: 125th Anniversary of the Southern Pines Fire Department
  • News: New Coordinator of Docents
  • News: Recognition
  • Upcoming Event: Exhibit Southern Pines Then and Now
  • Upcoming Event: Clenny Creek Heritage Day
  • Upcoming Event: Lecture North Carolina Tory War
  • Upcoming Event: Annual Meeting

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November 2022
  • A Slice of History: Railroad Tracks
  • Event Recap: 14th Shaw House Heritage Fair and Moore Treasures Sale
  • Event Recap: Malcolm Blue Farm Festival
  • Event Recap: Old Scotch Graveyard Update
  • Event Recap: Yadkin Road Markers Update
  • News: Amazon Smile and MCHA
  • News: An Outhouse for Shaw House
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: Junior History Club
  • News: The Birth of Moore County
  • News: Your Association Helps State Archives
  • Upcoming Event: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  • Upcoming Event: Lecture Who Was Their Father
  • Upcoming Event: Members Christmas Party at the Shaw House
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Christmas Open House

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August 2022
  • A Slice of History: Uncle Sam Wilson
  • News: Annual Meeting
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: New Executive Officers
  • News: Volunteers
  • News: Yadkin Road Markers
  • News Recap: Old Scottish Burying Ground
  • Upcoming: 14th Annual Scotland Highland games
  • Upcoming: 14th Annual Shaw House Fair

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March 2022
  • A Slice of History: The Story of Horseshoes in the U.S.
  • News: Clean up of the Old Scottish Burying Ground
  • News: Docents in Training
  • News: Janet Fullenwider Cunningham
  • News:  Junior History Club
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: Mapping Moore County’s Key Historical Locations with QR Codes
  • News: The Shaw House Roof Project

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November 2021
  • A Slice of History: U.S. Route 1 and Moore County PT 2
  • Event Recap: 13th Shaw House Heritage Fair & Moore Treasures
  • Event Recap: Malcolm Blue Festival
  • News: Association Supports Trust
  • News: Classical Conversations Visits Shaw House
  • News: Day Tours and Field Trips
  • News: Donation
  • News: Fowler Returns to Board
  • News: Holiday Vintage Soaps and Gift Sets
  • News: Kenneth Black Cemetery Update
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: Loss of Former Board Member
  • News: The Grinch Strikes Again

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August 2021
  • A Slice of History: U.S. Route 1 and Moore County
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: Written in Tree Rings
  • News: Sanders Garden
  • News: New Board Members Elected 2020/2021
  • Upcoming Event: Malcolm Blue Festival
  • Upcoming Event: Day Tours
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Heritage Fair & Moore Treasures Sale

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May 2021
  • A Slice of History: Bell Casters of Troy
  • News: Eagle Scout Project at Bryant House
  • News: History  of the Moore County Historical Association
  • News: Jane McPhaul Passes in February 2021
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: Shaw House & Tobacco Barn Museum Reopen as Association Celebrates 75th Year
  • News: Volunteer!
  • Special: Anniversary Crossword Puzzle
  • Upcoming Event: Annual Meeting
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Fair
  • Upcoming Event: The Lure of Southern Pines in Postcards Exhibit

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November 2020
  • A Slice of History: The Hookless Fastener
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Tag Sale
  • News: Buried History
  • News: Commemorative Envelopes
  • News: House in the Horseshoe Announcements
  • News: Jean Walker Passing
  • News: Kenneth Black Cemetery-Update
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • Upcoming Event: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Properties Opening

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February 2020
  • A Slice of History: Annie Oakley in Pinehurst
  • Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  • Event Recap: Dr. George Birrell Lecture
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas Open House and Members Party
  • News for Historical Collectors: Stamps, Letters and Mummies
  • News: House in the Horseshoe Donation to the Bryant House
  • News: Letter from the Presidents
  • News: Tobacco Barn at Shaw House
  • News: Wanted New Members
  • Upcoming Event:  Annual Meeting
  • Upcoming Event: Bryant House Heritage Day
  • Upcoming Event: Lecture Helen Boyd Dull
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Chicken and Waffles Luncheon
  • Upcoming Event: Springfest in Southern Pines

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November 2019
  • A Slice of History: Mr. Tufts Trolley
  • Event Recap: Bernard Wootten Exhibit
  • Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Malcolm Blue Festival
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Heritage Fair
  • Event Recap: Southern Pines Autumn Fest
  • News for Historical Item Collectors
  • News: Bryant House Cleanup
  • News: Corn Crib Cleanup at the Shaw House
  • News: Historic Preservation Award
  • News: Letter From the Co-Presidents
  • News: Shaw House Commemorative Envelopes
  • News: Tobacco Barn at the Shaw House
  • Upcoming Event: Brinelll Scottish Poetry Presentation
  • Upcoming Event: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  • Upcoming Event: Film Cora’s Ring
  • Upcoming Event: Members’ Christmas Party
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Christmas Open House

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August 2019
  • A Slice of History: Parkewood, The Town That Was Abandoned
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting 
  • Event Recap: Luncheon
  • Event Recap: Springfest
  • News: Join Docents
  • News: New Board Members
  • News: Postmark Series
  • News: Tobacco Barn Restoration
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Heritage Fair
  • Upcoming Event: Autumnfest
  • Upcoming Event: Daniel Stowe Garden Tour
  • Upcoming Event: Letter from the Presidents
  • Upcoming Event: Wooten Lecture

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February 2019
  • A Slice of History: A Catholic Church and School for African Americans
  • Event Recap: Annual Shaw House Fair
  • Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas
  • News: Goodbye to Bob Davis
  • News: Goodbye to Marilyn Hartsell
  • News: Letter from the Presidents
  • Upcoming Event: Annual Members Meeting
  • Upcoming Event: Clenny Creek Day
  • Upcoming Event: Fourth Annual Chicken and Waffle Luncheon
  • Upcoming Event: Lecture by Morgan Jackson
  • Upcoming Event: Spring Day Trip to Duke Homestead
  • Upcoming Event: Springfest at the Shaw House
  • Upcoming Tour: Germany’s Cultural Cities
  • Upcoming Tour: Sunny Portugal
  • Upcoming Tour: Tulip Time on the Rhine

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August 2018
  • A Slice of History: John T. Patrick
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  • Event Recap: April Day Trip
  • Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Scottish Settlers in the Sandhills Lecture
  • Event Recap: Springfest at the Shaw House
  • News: Letter from the Presidents
  • News: MCHA Membership
  • News: New Board Members
  • News: New Grant Received
  • News: Seedling Garden Club Grant
  • News: Tobacco Museum
  • Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Bryant House
  • Upcoming Event: Christmas at the Shaw House
  • Upcoming Event: Hart Square Day Trip
  • Upcoming Event: Lecture on Women’s Exchange Movement
  • Upcoming Event: Mackinac Island
  • Upcoming Event: Members Holiday Party
  • Upcoming Event: Shaw House Vintage Fair
  • Upcoming Tour: Iceland

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February 2018
  • Annual Meeting
  • Chase Black Eagle Scout Award
  • Clenny Creek Day
  • President’s Letter
  • Scottish Emigration Lecture
  • Shaw House Luncheon
  • Springfest at the Shaw House
  • Tour: Scotland
  • Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses
  • Event Recap: Tour Patterson Village

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August 2017
  • Autumnfest
  • Confederate
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting at Lighterwood
  • Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Day Tour to Durham
  • Event Recap: Dr. Farina Lecture
  • Event Recap: Mr. Wimberley Lecture
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Luncheon
  • Event Recap: Springfest
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • MCHA Salvages Antique Hardware
  • Oral History Program
  • Photo Archives
  • Pinehurst Village Lecture
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Shaw House Mirror
  • Shaw Properties Building Signs
  • Tour: Canada
  • Tour: Harnett Village
  • Tour: South Africa
  • Volunteers Needed​

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February 2017
  • Annual Meeting
  • Bryant House Update
  • Clenny Creek Day
  • Farina Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Lecture
  • Early American Coverlet`s Exhibit
  • Event Recap: Christmas Open Houses
  • Event Recap: Farina Civil War Lecture
  • Event Recap: Monroe’s Crossroads Tour
  • Event Recap: Autumnfest
  • Event Recap: Shaw Fair
  • Event Recap: Shirley Plantation Tour
  • Event Recap: Tar, Pitch and Turpentine Demonstration
  • Event Recap: Wayward Girls Samarkand Lecture
  • Goodbye Cos Barnes
  • Goodbye Jay Greer
  • Goodbye Norris Hodgkins
  • Kenneth Black Cemetery Update
  • Letter from the President
  • Shaw House Grants
  • Shaw House Luncheon
  • Tour: Canadian Maritimes
  • Tour: South Africa
  • Tour: Stagville Plantation

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August 2016
  • Autograph Party, Don Tickle
  • Autumnfest
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • Letter from the Presidents
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Tar, Pitch and Turpentine Demonstration
  • Tour: Canadian Coastal
  • Tour: Christmas Markets
  • Tour: Monroe’s Crossroad
  • Tour: South Africa
  • Tour: Williamsburg & Historic Jamestown

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March 2016
  • Annual Membership Meeting
  • Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Canadian Rockies Tour
  • Event Recap: Christmas Open House
  • Event Recap: Craigrownie Lecture
  • Event Recap: Homeschoolers’ History Fair
  • Event Recap: Love Your Local Authors
  • Event Recap: Tar, Pitch and Turpentine Lecture and Demonstration
  • Festival of Trees
  • Kenneth Black Cemetery Project
  • Letter from the President
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Springfest at the Shaw House
  • Tour: Charlottesville Virginia Presidential Homes
  • Tour: Christmas Markets

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August 2015
  • Docents Needed
  • Donation to Sandhills Women’s Exchange
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  • Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Naval Stores
  • Event Recap: Springfest
  • Hearth Cooking Tools Donated
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • HVAC Grant
  • Letter from the Presidents
  • New Project: Kenneth Black Cemetery
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Tour: Canadian
  • Tour: Wilmington Trip

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February 2015
  • Annual Meeting Plans
  • Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Christmas Open House at the Bryant House and McLendon Cabin
  • Event Recap: Christmas Open House at the Shaw House
  • Event Recap: Hawaii Tour
  • Event Recap: History Contest
  • Event Recap: Long Rifle Lecture
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  • Event Recap: Woodruff and Aswad Lecture
  • House-Museum Repairs
  • Letter from the Presidents
  • Tour: Biltmore House Downton Abby Exhibit
  • Tour: Canadian Rockies

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September 2014
  • Andy Griffith in Southern Pines?
  • Antiques Show and Sale
  • Endowment
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  • Historic Photo Display at Applebee’s Restaurant
  • Holiday Open houses & Members Party
  • Knollwood Maneuver Exhibit at Moore County Airport
  • Letter from the President
  • Mechanics Hill Cemetery Plaque Restored
  • Pottery Exhibit at Southern Pines Planning Office
  • Prillaman Valentine Donated to the MCHA
  • Rent the Shaw House
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Tony Parker Documents
  • Tour: Pottery
  • Volunteers Needed
  • Woodruff and Aswad Lectures
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February 2014
  • Bryant House on Tour of Homes
  • Clenny Creek Day
  • East and West Southern Pines Presentation
  • Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  • Event Recap: Doll House Raffle Winner
  • Event Recap: History of Aberdeen Program
  • Event Recap: Lindau Book Signing
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Open House
    and Members Party
  • Knollwood Project
  • Letter from the President
  • Scottish Clan Flags
  • Shaw House Grounds Flooding
  • Tour: Hawaii Land and Sea
  • Tour: Spring Day Trip​

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September 2013
  • Antiques Sale and Show
  • Endowment
  • Event Recap: Motoring Along the Double Road
  • Grant to MCHA
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • In Memoriam
  • Letter From the President
  • Motoring Along the Double Road Exhibit
  • New Acquistions
  • New Board Members
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Tour: Hawaii by Land and Sea
  • Upkeep at House Museums
  • WWII Knollwood Maneuver Project​

Newsletter.
June 2013
  • Event Recap: “Reflected Glory”
  • Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Durham Tour
  • Event Recap: Endowment Dinner
  • Event Recap: Palustris Festival
  • Knollwood Maneuver Plaque
  • Letter from the President
  • Lib Kollman Service
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Tour: Hawaii by Land and Sea
  • Tour: Virginia Fall History
  • Work at Shaw, Bryant Houses​

Newsletter.
February 2013
  • Annual Meeting
  • Architectural Salvage for Sale
  • Bryant House Chimney Update
  • Clenny Creek Day Festival
  • Docents
  • Down Home Dinner at the Shaw House
  • Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  • Event Recap: Camp Mackall  Lecture
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas Festiviites
  • Facebook Posts Vintage Pictures
  • Letter from the President
  • Palustris Festival: Yesteryear – Dolls and Toys Exhibit
  • Stonewall Jackson Lecture
  • The Story of Camp Mackall by Norris Hodgkins
  • Tour: Durham Day Tour

Newsletter.
November 2012
  • Antiques Sale and Show
  • Bill Brewer Memorial
  • Bryant House Chimney Update
  • Christmas Open Houses
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  • Event Recap: Wine Gala
  • Holiday Members Party
  • Moore County Community Foundation Grant
  • Palustris Festival 2013
  • Shaw House Roof Leak
  • Southern Pines Christmas Tree Sponsorship
  • Tour: Alpine Countries

Newsletter.
July 2012
  • 2012-13 MCHA Officers and Trustees
  • 2012-13 Friends of the Bryant House Officers
  • Britt Sanders Cabin Repair
  • Cannonball Update
  • Corn Crib Addition
  • Event Recap: 7th Annual Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  • Event Recap: Bryant House Holiday Open House
  • Event Recap: Mary Wayne Watson Lecture
  • Event Recap: Palustris Festival Needlework Display
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • Holiday Members Party
  • Shaw House Vintage Collectible & Antiques Fair
  • Tour Charleston Heritage Symposium & Tour

Newsletter.
February 2012
  • Bryant House - McLendon Cabin Inventory
  • Clenny Creek Day Festival
  • Canoe Donation
  • Congratulations to Michael Frazer
  • Event Recap: Bryant House Christmas Open House
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Christmas Open House
  • Needlework Exhibit - Palustris Festival
  • Religion & Architecture in Early Moore County, 
  • Milton Sills Lecture
  • Tour: Spring History Tour to Eastern NC
  • Tour: Trains, Wineries, and Treasures of 
  • Northern California
  • Volunteers Needed for Soap Project

Newsletter.
November 2011
  • Cannon Ball Found at Shaw House
  • Colonial Dames Presents Charter
  • Event Recap: Alex McLeod Lecture
  • Event Recap: Mystery Trip
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  • Holiday Season Festivities
  • Palustris Festival 2012
  • Research Help Needed
  • Shaw House Undergoes Repairs
  • Special Thank You
  • Tour: Spring History Tour

Newsletter.
July 2011
  • Cleaning Up the Town (Soap Sales)
  • Clenny Creek News
  • Docents Needed
  • Donations Requested for Shaw Fair
  • Event Recap: Annual Meeting
  • Event Recap: Cornbread Recipe
  • Event Recap: McLendon Cabin Fundraiser
  • Event Recap: Palustris Festival
  • Genealogical Seminar
  • Inventory Help Needed
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Soap Sales
  • Tour: Eastern North Carolina
  • Tour: Greensboro

Newsletter.
March 2011
  • 6th Annual Clenny Creek Festival
  • Annual Meeting
  • Event Recap: Jugtown Pottery Lecture
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  • McLendon Cabin Restoration
  • Mount Hope Cemetery Survey
  • Palustris Festival
  • Shaw House Rental
  • The Barretts in Retrospect
  • Tour: Historic Edenton
  • Tour: Historic Hillsborough
  • Tour: National Parks

Newsletter.
September 2010
  • Anthony “Tony” Parker
  • Antiques Sale and Show
  • Bill Thompson Program
  • Clean-up Day at the Shaw House
  • Committees
  • Raffle to Raise Funds for McLendon Cabin Roof
  • Rent the Shaw House
  • Shaw House Vintage Collectible & Antique Fair
  • Spirits of Sandhills Past Program
  • Survey of Mt. Hope Cemetery
  • Tour: Kenansville Day Trip including Liberty Hall and Buckner Hill Plantation
  • Tour: NC Museum of History Day Trip
  • Volunteer Spotlight

Newsletter.
May 2010
  • Archers Cottage Salvaged
  • Event Recap: Confederate Memorial Day Program
  • Kitchen Garden Dedication
  • Local Gun Factory Put Out War Weapons 
  • (Kennedy Gun Factory)
  • MCHA Annual Meeting: 
  • Pumpelly House of “Sand in My Shoes”
  • McLendon Cabin: Saving Our History
  • Shaw House Vintage Collectible & Antique Fair
  • Tour: Kenansville Day Trip including Liberty Hall and Buckner Hill Plantation
  • Volunteer Spotlight

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January 2010
  • Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Fair
  • Join Us on Facebook
  • Lecture Event: The Sandhills: The Comfort of Tradition and Ritual
  • Palustris Festival Plans
  • Tour: Discover Tuscany Italy
  • Tour: Longstreet Church and Cemetery

Newsletter.
September 2009
  • 2009-10 Board Members
  • Antiques Show and Sale
  • Event Recap: Oldest Living Confederate Widow: Her Confession
  • Funding Updates (M. Louise Thomas Endowed Charitable Trust, Bryant House Restoration Fund, Community Foundation Grant
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • Landscaping Update
  • Letter from the Co-Presidents
  • MCHA Textiles and Furniture
  • Members Holiday Party
  • Moore County Historic Photo Collection Project
  • Shaw House Fair
  • Shaw House Tours
  • The Man Moore County Was Named For
  • Wood as Canvas: The Paint-decorated Furniture of Piedmont NC Lecture

Newsletter.
October 2008
  • A Southern Spirit, Virginia Walthour Moss
  • Bryant House Restoration
  • Determined Dozen (Shaw House Docents)
  • Fundraising Committee Report
  • GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com
  • Letter from the President
  • MCHA Annual Meeting Recap: “Moore County Hounds” by Cameron Slade
  • Tour Recap: Chinqua-Pen Plantation and Replacements
  • Tour Recap: McNeill Home and Cypress Bend Vineyard

Newsletter.
September 2007
  • 47th Annual Antiques Sale and Show
  • Bryant House Update
  • Event Recap: “Life in the Sandhills in the Early 1900s” at the Fair Barn
  • Event Recap: Lecture “Historic Preservation” by John Waters
  • Event Recap: Lecture “Moore County Hounds” by Cameron Slade
  • Exhibit: “Moore County Hounds” at the Southern Pines Planning Office
  • Heather McDonald
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • Lecture Event: “Founding Farmers: The Sandhills in the Country Place Era” by Ray Owen
  • MCHA Annual Meeting Recap: “Jackson Springs” by Harris and Barbara Blake
  • Tour: Mystery Day Tour
  • Tour: Shades of Ireland
  • Volunteer Spotlight

Newsletter.
May 2007
  • A Tribute to Buffie (Ives)
  • Bryant House Restoration
  • Event Recap: 46th Annual Antiques Sale and Show
  • Event Recap: 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee
  • Event Recap: Hat Doll Exhibit & Tea Party
  • Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses & Members Party
  • Event Recap: Old House Salvage Sale
  • MCHA Annual Meeting: “Jackson Springs” by Harris and Barbara Blake
  • Slice of History: Sanders of Moore County
  • Speakers Forum
  • Tour: Tobacco Farm Life Museum & Ava Gardner Museum Recap
  • Tour: Windy City
  • Tour Recap: Historic Places Along the Deep River
  • Tours in Review

Newsletter.
October 2006
  • 46th Annual Antiques Sale and Show
  • 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee
  • Friends of the Bryant House News
  • Holiday Open Houses
  • Lecture Event: “Young Southern Pines” by Norris Hodgkins
  • Max Brown Richardson
  • NC Society of Historians Awards
  • Slice of History: The McLendons
  • Tag Sale Close Out
  • Tour: Alaska Discover Land & Cruise
  • Tour: Historic Places Along the Deep River
  • Tour: Tobacco Farm Life Museum & Ava Gardner Museum
  • Tour: Two State Theatres Tour
  • Volunteer Opportunities

Newsletter.
July 2006
  • Event Recap: Clenny Creek Day
  • Event Recap: Shaw House Barbeque
  • July Tag Sale
  • Lecture Event: “Early Churches of Moore County” by Milton Sills
  • MCHA Annual Meeting Recap: “Peach Growing in the Sandhills” by Clyde Auman
  • Old House Salvage Project
  • Slice of History: Southern Pines Hotel
  • Tour: Alaska Discover Land & Cruise
  • Tour: Canada’s Atlantic Coast
  • Tour: Hart’s Square
  • Young Southern Pines Book

Newsletter.
January 2006
  • Event Recap: 45th Antiques Sale and Show
  • Event Recap: Holiday Open Houses
  • Event Recap: Lecture “Early Aberdeen” by Robert N. Page, III
  • Lecture Event: “The McLeods” by Dr. Alex McLeod
  • Repairs at the Bryant House Site
  • Tour: Canada’s Atlantic Coast
  • Tour: King Tut Exhibit & Florida Getaway
  • Upcoming Fundraisers: Tag Sale, Barbecue, Bryant House

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October 2005
  • 45th Antiques Sale and Show
  • Bryant House Update
  • Event Recap: Tag Sale
  • Lecture Event: “Early Aberdeen” by Robert N. Page, III
  • Shaw House Gets New Driveway
  • Shaw House Selected as Landmark Ornament
  • Tour Guides Needed
  • Tour Recap: Plantation & Historic Homes led by Ray Owen

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