The Cape Fear region is never short on fascinating tales to tell, so this week we are launching a new recurring episode called the Cape Fear Classics.
Each season, we will produce one episode that shares three short stories from the area's history books. This week, we're starting out with the legendary ancient Dram Tree that welcomed mariners into Wilmington's harbor for centuries, the peculiar mystery of the Seneca Guns and the origin of Monkey Junction's namesake.
Cape Fear Unearthed is written, edited and hosted by Hunter Ingram.
Additional editing by Adam Fish. Recorded at WHQR in downtown Wilmington.
A StarNews Media Production. This season is sponsored by Northchase Family Dentistry.
Sources:
"Stories Old and New of the Cape Fear Region" by Louis T. Moore
"What is the Dram Tree?" by Ben Steelman, StarNews MyReporter
"Legend of the Dram Tree," by Paige Brown, Cape Fear Living Magazine
"Land of the Golden River," by Lewis Philip Hall
"Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds," U.S. Geological Survey
Various articles, StarNews Archives
"Beginnings of familiar people and places," StarNews, April 2007
Hurricane-Force History
Long Live Old Baldy
Cape Fear Classics, Vol. 2
Rebellion at Brunswick Town
The Downfall of Charles Town
Trouble Comes to Town
A Most Daring Escape
The Showboat Goes to War
Blood and Honor at Ten Paces
The Yellow Death
Still Burning: The Story of Firestarter
The Roots of the Azalea Festival
The Suicide Club
The Palace of Light
Wilmington in the Time of Nazis
Ghosts of Gallows Hill
Massacre After Midnight
The Man, The Myth, The Hermit
The Lost Treasure of Money Island
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