Amelia Earhart Archives

Amelia Earhart, pilot. Source: Eric Jackson, Historian, Selma, NC

Selma, NC: Museum to Honor Amelia Earhart on Aug. 24

August 16, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The August program of the Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum will be a look into the life and legend of Amelia Earhart. The event will take place at the museum on Saturday, August 24, 2019, […]

Essay Contest in 1932 Included Amelia Earhart as a Judge

July 2, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley Today is the 80th anniversary of the date when aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, disappeared on July 2, 1937. While I don’t share family stories much, I decided I would pass […]

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The Strange-ness: True Tale #1

October 6, 2017

It’s that time of year: dark nights, Halloween, strange costumes, and spooky tales. When the tales are true… well, it can make the cool evenings scarier and send a chill down your spine. Here is […]

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The Strange-ness: Endangered Species Condoms Given Away for World Population Day

July 3, 2017

New Museum Program Highlights Effect of Human Population Growth on Wildlife By Sarah Baillie, endangeredearth.org Hundreds of free Endangered Species Condoms will be given away at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo on Thursday, July 6, 2017, as […]

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The Zebulon Cougar

August 1, 2015

Originally published in The Grey Area newspaper (printed) August 1, 2011. ___________________________________________________________ By Frank and Kay Whatley In the July 1, 2011, issue of The Grey Area, we reported cougar sightings within Eastern North Carolina over […]