The Name Game: Burke Street
In the 1891 “Bird’s Eye View of the Twin-Cities,” shown above, Burke Street was called Shallowford Street, an extension of the street that is known today as First Street. In the foreground of the...
Tagged: Confederate veteran
June 10: Happy Birthday! Marmaduke W. Norfleet
Marmaduke W. Norfleet was born on this day in 1839, in Caswell County, to Marmaduke and Mary Comer Roan Norfleet. Marmaduke received a good education, and served as a Confederate soldier with the Forty-second...