James Bowen's photos

Orville Wright

Wright Brothers' Memorial

Thomas Wolfe's Home

28 May 2008 135
To show my general lack of knowledge of literature, I assumed Thomas Wolfe who lived here was the Tom Wolfe of The Bonfire of the Vanities fame. I was wrong! Feel free to mock me as much as you like!

Zebulon Vance's Birthplace

27 May 2008 92
Zebulon Vance was the Governor of North Carolina during the Civil War. He was re-elected after Reconstruction and was also a Senator for three terms.

Goat at the Sandburg Home

27 May 2008 133
Lilian Sandburg, Carl Sandburg's wife, bread goats at their home in Flat Rock, North Carolina.

Carl Sandburg's Home

27 May 2008 139
Carl Sandburg, who won the Pulitzer Prize for History and Poetry lived here in the years befor he died,

Deerfields NC

Deerfields NC

Burning Spear Tune Up

Dearfields NC

Biltmore House

Biltmore House

Buffalo Bill's Gravestone

OCS Stand at The Oval

Gas Station Near Central High

Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda

Arkansas State Capitol

Little Rock Central High

30 Apr 2008 196
One of the more memorable attempt to integrate the US South occured at Little Rock Central High School when 9 African-American students started at the school in 1957. Incidentally, I think that it's probably the most imposing public school I've seen in America!

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