by Jeremy Markovich | Nov 13, 2024 | Elections, History, Jeremy Markovich, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Politics
After the election, I keep thinking back to Frank Porter Graham’s progressive run for U.S. Senate in 1950. By Jeremy Markovich N.C. Rabbit Hole Like millions of North Carolinians, I have many questions about the results of Tuesday’s election. One that came...
by Jeremy Markovich | Jul 4, 2024 | History, Jeremy Markovich, North Carolina, North Carolina Community
The time in 1994 when Dennis Anderson and the Grave Digger crossed a body of water. At precisely 10:28 a.m on July 4, 1994, Dennis Anderson drove up to the Poplar Branch Landing boat ramp in Currituck County to attempt something that hadn’t been tried before or since....
by Jeremy Markovich | Jun 13, 2024 | Environment, History, Jeremy Markovich, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural
This place is not nearly as great, dismal, or swampy as it once was. In 1763, long before he became president, George Washington became an investor in the Dismal Swamp Company. The goal? Cut down trees, sell the logs, drain the swamp, turn it into farmland, and grow...
