Jane Phillips continues her series on the people who once walked the streets of Kinston. On your next trip to Disney World and while in Orlando travel down Gatlin Avenue. The street was named for a Kinston native and this is his story.
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Jane Phillips: Meet Maxwell Becton, entrepreneur
The first 50 Years of Becton-Dickerson brought conservative and steady growth. It was a family-run business with the sons of both men working for the company. The enterprise entered the affluent postwar years with a solid market share in medical supplies and was well prepared for a major expansion.
Jane Phillips: The lady that stayed behind
A Northern lady in town helped her neighbors during the Battle of Kinston.
Jane Phillips: Kinston's Moses led way for African-Americans in the NYPD
Jane Phillips introduces you to Moses P. Cobb, the first African-American to serve a full career as a police officer in New York City. Born into slavery in Kinston, he walked all the way to New York in search of a better life.
Jane Phillips: Meet Richard Caswell, N.C.'s first governor
Richard Caswell was one of the most important figures in the American Revolution and in the birth of Kinston.
Jane Phillips: Buffalo Bill visits Kinston
Neuse News columnist and Kinston historian Jane Phillips recalls the time the world-famous Buffalo Bill visited Lenoir County.
Phillips column: 'The Human Spider' started in Kinston
A man who gained national fame as the world’s best climber — and later, the best Santa Claus — got his start in Kinston.
Jane Phillips column: The missing link in the Lincoln conspiracy had Kinston ties
For more than three months Sarah Gilbert Slater was actively involved in her courier and spy activities. She was known to frequent the Mary Surratt Boarding House in Washington. Later on, people recalled seeing her in the company of John Wilkes Booth on occasions at that location.
Jane Phillips column: Stories of Kinston’s past
A self-described “student of history” Jane Phillips of Kinston is no stranger to historical preservation in Eastern North Carolina. Today, she introduces us to a regular column featuring the people, places and events that impacted our history and led us to this very moment in time.