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Images of America - Robeson County

Robeson County has been a labor of love and a wonderful collaboration of the citizens of Robeson County. This project began as an independent study for my
history major at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

My wife, Bess, and I were able to find a large number of photographs in our own collection, the Hubbard-Tyner Collection, and this created a starting point for the gathering. I traveled the county renewing friendships and creating new ones as I sought out the needed photographs and information to create this book.

The book features over 200 photographs from numerous collections many never seen outside of the family. I have attempted in photos and captions to tell the story of Robeson from the Native Americans who first lived in the area to the white and African Americans settlers who made it their adopted home.

The book is divided into eight chapters, click on each chapter to see samples of the photos from that chapter.

Acknowledgments

Home Life and Family

Work Life

Religious Life

Education

Government

Wars and Military Activities

Robeson County Citizens

Social and Community Events

The cost is $19.99 plus $3.50 shipping & handling. Mail orders to:

Blake Tyner
PO box 3636
Pembroke, NC 28372

I will be happy to sign personal messages in the book, please include what you would like written with your order.

I will be happy to visit any civic group and do a slide show of images from the book at no charge. Email me at bbtyner@gmail.com

We are now collecting photographs for a second volume. Please contact us to contribute a photograph. Blake Tyner, 844-5428, bbtyner@gmail.com

Click here for an article from the Robesonian about this project