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Pages in category "People from Elkin, North Carolina" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Elkin was the easternmost encampment along the Overmountain Victory Trail and there is a marker at the park near the recreation center along Hwy 268. Trails are abundant in Elkin, including the Overmountain Victory Trail, the North Carolina Mountains to Sea Trail (NC MST), and the Yadkin River State Park 'Blue' Trail.
Notable buildings include the Elkin Presbyterian Church (1937, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1961), First Baptist Church (1955, 1968), Alexander Martin Smith House (1893–1897) designed by George Franklin Barber, the Gwyn-Chatham-Gwyn House (c. 1872, 1911, 1936), Richard Gwyn Smith House (c. 1918), and Mason Lillard House (c. 1910).
The couple had one son, Walter Firestone, born in 1952. Chatham died in Durham, North Carolina and was buried in the Salem Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His estate was valued at almost $2,000,000, of which $250,000 was used to establish the Chatham Foundation, a charitable trust supporting education.
Book cover of Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and Its Detection by Emlyn Williams. Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and its Detection (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1967) (1968 paperback: ISBN 978-0-330-02088-6) is a semi-fictionalized account of the Moors murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, by the Welsh author and playwright, Emlyn Williams.
Elkin, North Carolina, a town in Elkin Township; Elkin Township, Surry County, North Carolina, containing the town of Elkin; Elkin Municipal Airport, of the Town of Elkin, North Carolina; Elkin Bridges, bridges near Elkin, North Carolina; Elkin's Ferry Battleground, site of Civil War Battle of Elkin's Ferry
Harvey Laffoon (1897-1978) was the owner, publisher and editor of The Elkin Tribune for 42 years, beginning in 1926. He was inducted into the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame in 2002. [2] In 1949, the paper expanded from a weekly to bi-weekly.
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