HARDIN TALIAFERRO 1811-1875

Humorist, minister, and editor. Wrote Fisher's River Scenes (1859), a collection of folk tales with local settings. He was born 2 miles N.W.

M-51Surry County

Where it stands. NC 89 at SR 1396 (Pine Ridge Road) at Pine Ridge

Faith and congregations Writers, artists and musicians

There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.

Howard CosellOctober 12, 1977, reporting a school fire (initially mistaken as a tenement fire), while announcing Game 2 of the 1977 World Series. This comment, while widely attributed to Cosell, was never made.Born in Winston-Salem, 37 mi from here. Carolina Quotes record

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