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- The Richmond-Miles Museum
- A visit to the the Richmond-Miles Museum shows students what life was like in Caswell County beginning with the Revolutionary War to the present through displays and artifacts.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Old Caswell County Jail in Yanceyville, NC
- This is the old Caswell County Jail in Yanceyville, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- Caswell County Courthouse in Yanceyville, NC
- This is the Caswell County Courthouse in Yanceyville, North Carolina. Yanceyville became the seat of Caswell County after the eastern half of the county became Person County in 1792.
- Format: image/photograph
- Hyco Lake in Caswell County, NC
- This is Hyco Lake in Caswell County, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- A water skier enjoying Hyco Lake in Caswell County, NC
- A water skier does a half flip in the water at Hyco Lake in Caswell County, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- A barn in Caswell County, NC
- This is a barn in Caswell County, North Carolina. This barn, like several others in the area, was chinked and insulated with red clay.
- Format: image/photograph
- The Yancey House in Yanceyville, NC
- This is the Yancey House in Yanceyville, North Carolina. It was built around 1810 by Bartlett Yancey, a local and state politician. Today, it houses the Yancey House Restaurant.
- Format: image/photograph
- Sunset on Hyco Lake in Person County, NC
- This is the sunset on the waters of Hyco Lake in Person County, North Carolina. Hyco Lake spreads into neighboring Caswell County. The lake is used to create hydroelectric power.
- Format: image/photograph
- Antebellum North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Academies for boys and for girls
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.10
- Various newspaper advertisements for academies or boarding schools in the Piedmont of North Carolina between 1838 and 1840. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- The Kirk-Holden War
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.5
- In response to Ku Klux Klan violence during Reconstruction, North Carolina Governor William Woods Holden declared martial law in Alamance and Caswell counties in 1870. The militia, led by former Union Col. George W. Kirk, rounded up Klan leaders in what opponents called the "Kirk-Holden War."
- Format: article
- The murder of "Chicken" Stephens
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.6
- Contemporary newspaper account of the murder of State Senator John. W. "Chicken" Stephens of Caswell County, by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- Archibald Murphey
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.4
- Archibald Debow Murphey (1777–1832) was a North Carolina state senator and later a Superior Court judge who fought for a comprehensive system of public education, construction of canals and roads, and other progressive reforms.
- Format: biography
- Milton Presbyterian Church interior
- Interior of Milton Presbyterian Church in Milton, North Carolina, built in 1837. The pews were made by the famous furniture maker Thomas Day, whose shop was located nearby. Day and his wife Aquilla, who were African American, were permitted to sit in the pews...
- Format: image/photograph
- Thomas Day chairs
- Wooden chairs made by the famous North Carolina furniture maker Thomas Day.
- Format: image/photograph
- Thomas Day statue
- Statue of famous North Carolina furniture maker Thomas Day at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. Day, a free black man, moved to Caswell County in 1825 at the age of 24, and quickly became one of the area's most respected and productive furniture...
- Format: image/photograph
- Reconstruction in North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.3
- Brief history of events in North Carolina following the Civil War, 1866–1876.
- Format: article
