Remembering the Beast of Bladenboro
By Jimmie F. Priest
How well do I remember the Bladenboro Beast? I lived on the Old Mill Village when the attacks started.
One Saturday morning, my friend, Eugene Butler and I skated from our house to my sisters house about six miles in the country. When we got back that Saturday evening, we heard about the beast that was killing dogs and goats at the New Mill Village. The next week we had TV reporters and newspaper reporters riding by our house and asking questions about the Beast.
Some Historical Facts About Bladenboro
By Margaret Parker Bridger
Written about 1945—1954
Name arrived at: The King of England gave the grant of land on which we live to his son, The Earl of Bladen, in the early 1700’s. This grant of land, reaching to the Mississippi River and now comprising fifty-six counties, was named Bladen County in his honor. At that time, all of the small sections were called “Boroughs.” The name, Bladenboro, is derived from
Bladen and Borough. The 200-acre grant of land which included Bladenboro was made by His Excellency, Governor Richard Cashwell, to Rehan Rodin in 1779.
A Short History of Bladenboro, North Carolina
As mentioned by BTB Board President Jon Hasbrouck, articles written by his Grandmother and his Father were recently discovered stored away in the old home place where Jon and Pat reside. It is our intention, from time to time, to share these wonderful recollections and histories of our community. It is a special opportunity to learn, first hand, about life as it was in days gone by.
A Short History of Bladenboro, North Carolina
By Margaret Parker Bridger
Written about 1945—1954
On August 26, 1779, a land grant of 200 acres, recorded in Book Six, Page forty-three, was made and signed by His Excellency, Governor Richard Cashwell, to Rohan Redin of Bladen County. The original seal of the state, hold in a small circular piece of wood, was attached to ensure safe delivery, as the written grant was carried by a man on horseback. This grant of land marked the beginning of the progressive little town of Bladenboro.
Grassroots initiative capitalizes on Local Legend
By: Carrie Banks
Nestled securely within the coastal plain of southeastern North Carolina, Bladenboro, a former mill town founded in 1903, is a quiet, unassuming community of approximately 1,700 residents—friendly folk accustomed to unhurried lifestyles. Like a thousand other little towns across the United States, there’s nothing particularly unusual about Bladenboro. Nothing, that is, unless you consider the sudden appearance of a vampire east that catapulted the tine hamlet into a terrified frenzy for nearly two weeks during the winter of 1953-54 as it killed dogs, goats and other small farm animals by crushing their skulls and draining their blood.
2nd Annual Beastfest `08