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Benson (N.C.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Benson is named for an early settler Alfred Monroe ("Mim") Benson. In 1874 Alfred Mim Benson purchased a 402 acre tract of land on the Smithfield-Fayetteville road. In the 1880s he sold tracts to settlers and then in 1886 a railroad line was established that ran between Fayetteville and Contentnea. The Town of Benson was incorporated in 1887.

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

Power of Praise Church

 File
Dates: undated
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / SF0001, Local History Subject Files Collection / African Americans / Churches

Preston Woodall House - Copy of Postcard, undated

 Item — Box P1551-P1701, Folder: 3, item: p-1691
Identifier: p-1691
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

Princess Theatre - Children Lined up to See "The Day the Earth Stood Still", 1951

 Item — Box P1551-P1701, Folder: 1, item: p-1594
Identifier: p-1594
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: 1951
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

Princess Theatre - Margaret Benton Smith, Owner, with Evelyn Lee, Projectionist, and Unidentified Young Man, Early 1950s

 Item — Box P1551-P1701, Folder: 1, item: p-1595
Identifier: p-1595
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: Early 1950s
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

Ralph Medlin, undated

 Item — Box P1-P169, Folder: 12, item: p-0145
Identifier: p-0145
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

Real Photo Postcard of Annual Mule Day and Rodeo in Benson, undated

 Item — Box P1702-P1847, Folder: 7, item: p-1830
Identifier: p-1830
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

R.L. Smith Grocery Store Interior, Main Street, Benson - in picture: Leslie Wade Norris, circa 1936

 Item — Box P551-P636, Folder: 8, item: p-0636
Identifier: p-636
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: circa 1936
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

Rock quarries: Princeton and Benson

 File
Dates: undated
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / SF0001, Local History Subject Files Collection / Industry

Sculptures: Benson

 File
Dates: undated
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / SF0001, Local History Subject Files Collection / Arts and Entertainment

Shoe Shop, Eppie N. Clifton and Addison Ryals, circa 1925

 Item — Box P170-P351, Folder: 11, item: p-0292a
Identifier: p-0292a
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: circa 1925
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

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