Telegram marks 100-year milestone

By Jeff Herrin | February 28, 2012 - 9:38pm

Some 100 years ago, a young man named Josh Horne started up a newspaper he called the Evening Telegram.

1910 - 1934: Headlines have a familiar ring

By J Eric. Eckard | February 28, 2012 - 9:35pm

The paper: The Telegram. The banner headline: “It will pay you to shop in Rocky Mount.”

1935 - 1959: Bustling times in post-War era

By John Henderson | February 28, 2012 - 9:13pm

Rocky Mount was bustling from World War II to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Tobacco and textile industries were thriving.

1960 - 1984: Tobacco, textiles fuel economy

By Geoffrey Cooper | February 28, 2012 - 8:58pm

From 1960 to the early 1980s, Rocky Mount was on the verge of becoming an economic powerhouse throughout Eastern North Carolina.

1985 - 2010: New dynamics drive change

By Brie Handgraaf | February 28, 2012 - 8:48pm

Following the pace of technological advances in the last 25 years, changes in all areas of society have been rampant.