{"product_id":"randolph-county-a-brief-history-9780865263048","title":"Randolph County: A Brief History","description":"Created in 1779, Randolph County is located in the center of North Carolina's Piedmont region. This concise volume traces the history of the county from its pre-colonial Native American habitation through European settlement in the eighteenth century, growing industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its establishment as a national tourist destination in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMills, L. Barron:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lapsley Barron Mills Jr. hold a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He held positions at the \u003ci\u003eAlamance News\u003c\/i\u003e in Graham, N.C., and at the \u003ci\u003eWinston-Salem Journal\u003c\/i\u003e before becoming editor and publisher of the \u003ci\u003eRandolph Guide\u003c\/i\u003e in 1955. Although Mr. Mills sold the Randolph Publishing Company in 1991, he continues to write a weekly column for the \u003ci\u003eRandolph Guide.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been an active member of the Randolph County Historical Society since 1956.","brand":"North Carolina Division of Archives \u0026 History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924760989970,"sku":"9780865263048","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76d91904-232c-462c-b1d9-4693162b58d7.jpg?v=1738973171","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/randolph-county-a-brief-history-9780865263048","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}