Selma Township, Johnston County (N.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Catch-Me-Eye Explosion Photograph Collection
Collection — Box PHC 15-22, 25-26, Folder: PHC00022
Identifier: PHC00022
Scope and Contents
This collection, composed of eight photographs and one copy of a postcard, documents the aftermath of the Catch-Me-Eye explosion on US 301 at US 70 in Selma, N.C. on March 7, 1942. The explosion occurred after a car rear ended an ammunition truck headed to Fort Bragg with 30,000 pounds of explosives. The truck and car caught fire around 1:30 am, and a crowd formed to watch the blaze as firefighters from Smithfield attempted to put it out. The crowd was told to stay back, but this was not...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1993 April 13; March 1942
Grant Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PHC00053
Dates:
Record Keeping: 2000 March 1; 1917-1919
Lucinda and Thomas Ruffin Fulghum family on homestead, Selma Township, circa 1902
Item — Box P1-P169, Folder: 1
Identifier: P-0007
Scope and Contents
Description from the back of the photograph,"The Thomas Ruffin Fulgum Homestead in 1902.
Built in 1869 by father, John Collins Fulghum, once home from the War Between the States [Civil War]. House torn down by new owners in 1946. New dwelling on original site on S.R. 2366, (Fulghum-Little Creek Road), between Micro and Pine Level.Pictured Left to Right:
Sister Sarah Creech; daughter Annie, (Mrs. Ralph Britt); sons Charlie B. and John C.; Mrs. T. R. Fulghum (Lucinda...
Dates:
circa 1902
Richard Furman Strickland Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PHC00050
Dates:
Record Keeping: 2000 March 1; 1910-1930s
Ronald G. Lane Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PHC00067
Dates:
Record Keeping: 2001 April 26; circa 1938-1966