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New from Star Route Books:
Our reprint of the classic FOOT PRINTS . . . ON THE SANDS OF TIME, A History of South-western Virginia and North-western North Carolina by Dr. Aras B. Cox.

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Dr. Cox was a Methodist Clergyman from North Carolina, who later became a doctor. The Cox family moved to Missouri and then on to Nebraska. After the death of his wife, Aras returned to North Carolina, and he lived with his daughter’s family. Dr. Cox passed away January 30, 1907, in Brewster, Nebraska.

He wrote Foot Prints on the Sands of Time in 1900 while back home in North Carolina. It was originally published by the Star Publishing Company in Sparta. This edition uses type set up by the original printer. We have made an effort to correct minor technical printing errors, like broken type, etc., but the content is the same. We decided to keep human typesetting errors- upside down characters, transposed letters and the like.

Star Route Books edition
ISBN 979-8-9861568-0-4166
pgs5″ x 8″ (203mm x 127mm)
Hardback book with matte case laminate cover.
Printed in black & white, on cream paper.
Available at starroutebooks.com

Have you seen the new site for Shiloh United Methodist Church, yet? If you haven’t yet, visit https://shilohumc.net/ to see the new site by Imaging Specialists, Inc. Be sure to check out the in-depth church history by Evelyn Hash & Judy Mitchell.

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And, be sure to come to their Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 8, at 10am!

Hot off the press, courtesy of Star Route Books!

The Gift Shop at the Museum of Ashe County History has recently received copies of the Ashe County Historical Society’s newest publication, an Architectural Survey of Ashe County, North Carolina.

In the early 1970s, the State of North Carolina, through the Office of Archives and History began promoting Architectural Surveys across the state in cooperation with the National Park Service.

Later on, an effort to complete an Ashe County survey was started in the late 1990s. The final report was 110 pages long, and contained a detailed history of Ashe County and its various communities and towns. This report included as much information as was available for 590 properties, and features photographs, descriptions of architectural features, and brief histories of the buildings.

In 2018, several members of the Ashe County Historical Society started working to publish the final report so that the public could obtain a copy of this useful research. This book is the result of that effort!

Swing by and pick up your copy this week! The gift shop is opened during regular museum hours, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more information give them a call at (336) 846-1904.

Imaging Specialists has just finished editing the latest episode of Alleghany Memories for the Historical Society. We are proud to have had a part in this production, shot in the Alleghany Community Television studio.

Elkin native, Lt. General Thomas Metz (US Army RET) has had a long and interesting career- having attended West Point and then stationed in places like Germany, Italy, Korea and Iraq. In fact, in 2004, he was the Commander of the Multinational Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He oversaw the battle for Fallujah and preparations for Iraq’s first free parliamentary election in January of 2005.

Gen. Metz sat down with Sparta Mayor Wes Brinegar for this one hour interview.

ISI researched the General’s stories and added photography and video clips form the department of Defense and many other sources. We generated the backgrounds and animation for the production which was shot with green-screen by Charles Scott of ACTV.

New from Star Route Books:
Alleghany Images, a selection of photographs from the digital archive of the Alleghany Historical Museum, a project of the Alleghany Historical – Genealogical Society in Sparta, NC.

We are very proud of our new book. It is the result of years of work we’ve done for our customers and the Alleghany Historical Society.

NOW AVAILABLE at:
The Gathering Place, Sparta NC & A Touch of Grace

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160 pages
Hardcover, 11 x 8.5″

To benefit the Historical Museum. For more information on the museum project, visit: ahgs.org.