The Time Travelers

"A BIG FAIR THIS FALL" ( 1 ) "Remember the date and make your plan to spend those days in seeing what old Person County really can do when she tries." ( 2 ) Listen to The Flashback Five Episode 3: The Person County Fair That is the how the Person County Fair Association described the first Person County fair in a Roxboro Courier article advertising the big event.  The Person County Fair, which took place for nine years, drew thousands of people, featured a variety of shows and exhibits, and was featured in newspapers from across the state, including Asheville, Greensboro, and Raleigh. In today's episode , Ms. Bessie reads a letter from a friend Mr. Clifton Jones about the first Person County Fair.  Jones talks about riding into town for the first day of the fair on his family's horse Alma.  The fair was held  in and around Winstead Tobacco Warehouse at 105 Academy Street from Thursday, October 8th to Saturday, October 12, 1914.  The...

In this episode , Miss Bessie talks about her 1916 three-door Ford Model T and featherbed.  She talks about it's features and it's many uses including pleasure rides, jobs on the farm, carrying vegetables  to the market, and hauling dry stove wood . She was driving with a friend in an unfamiliar part of Hurdle Mills.  They came upon a creek and could not go back so they attempted to cross it but got very disappointed when the water made the engine die.  Miss Bessie went to her friend's son's house, and he helped with the car and they got the car running.  He came with them to his house where her friend was going to stay, as she was in a bad condition.  He helped her get back across the river and she took him home.  This is the story of Miss Bessie's Model T and the featherbed. Listen to Miss Bessie tell the story in her own words here. That was Miss Bessie's first car, so let us know in the comments section what your first car was.  ...