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6 unusual facts about Rocky Mount


Benjamin H. Bunn

He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Postmaster of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, from April 23, 1895, until the appointment of his successor on July 27, 1897.

Maureen Garrett

Maureen Garrett (born Maureen Mason Garrett August 18, 1948 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) is an American actress.

Rocky Mount

Rocky Mount, Tennessee, historic first capital of the Southwest Territory

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was built about two miles east of the mill in 1845 and became the main connection for Rocky Mount to the outside world.

Rocky Mount, Virginia

Among these were the immediate past governor, Henry Wise, who settled his family here before he served in the military.


John Marshall Butler

At age 80, he died from a heart attack in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as he and his wife were returning from a vacation on St. Simons Island in Georgia.

Tar Heel

According to this legend, the troops of British General Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War were fording what is now known as the Tar River between Rocky Mount and Battleboro when they discovered that tar had been dumped into the stream to impede the crossing of British soldiers.

The Bill Jefferson Show

The program currently airs on Saturdays at 8:30 AM ET and is produced in affiliation with WYTI radio in Rocky Mount, Virginia.

WCTI-TV

The new tower expanded the station's secondary coverage as far east as the Outer Banks, as far south as Wilmington and as far west as the Triangle (including Rocky Mount and much of eastern Raleigh).


see also

Centura

Centura Bank, a bank headquartered in Rocky Mount, North Carolina until 2001, when Royal Bank of Canada acquired the company and changed its name to RBC Centura

Jon Lundberg

He is a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve, and he also serves as Vice-President of the Rocky Mount Living History Museum.

Sammy Bland

He went to work with WCEC and WFMA radio as an announcer and promoter in Rocky Mount.

Turnage

Frederick E. Turnage, North Carolina city councillor and former mayor of Rocky Mount

WNCR-LD

Studios and operations are located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, It is an affiliate of the America One Television Network.