There are treasures in North Carolina -- letters written by slaves, tape-recorded reminiscences of old veterans, quilts pieced together from family scraps, photographs of main streets long vanished, paintings by old masters, and diaries of young dreamers.

Over the years, the state's libraries, museums, archives, and historical and genealogical societies have diligently collected, preserved, and made accessible special materials such as these to educate, entertain, and enlighten their communities. And among the stacks, storage rooms, and locked cases rests the raw material that will undoutedly inspire future letters or books, tape-recordings, handicrafts, photographs, artwork, and dreams....

-- North Carolina ECHO

It ought to come as no surprise to the many people who have visited the Margaret Johnston Heritage Room that Stanly County is home to many such "stately" treasures.

Now, acting in partnership with the North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online Project, the staff, friends, and volunteers of the Heritage Room and the Stanly County Public Library invite you to browse our digital archives, to search, and to perhaps then find your own piece of treasure -- a book or letter from long ago, a forgotten photograph, a map of an abandoned mine, a faded name in a census or regiment roster... the personal, family, and community treasures of a common past that we can all now share.

Welcome! Come along as we delve into the ground or reach for the Heavens... and discover our digital collections -- our shared history of Stanly County.

Churches of Stanly County

Northern Stanly County Badin, Misenheimer, New London, Richfield Central Stanly County Albemarle, the "Downtown Churches" Western Stanly County Finger, Millingport, Locust, Oakboro, Red Cross, Stanfield Southern Stanly County Aquadale, Norwood

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