"It isn't every day a history professor has the opportunity to uncover a piece of local history, but for retired Elon professor Carole Troxler, it happened. While researching for her book, "Shuttle & Plow: A History of Alamance County, North Carolina," co-authored with William Vincent, Troxler discovered the mysterious two-room wooden building known as the Cable School. The building  pre-dates the Civil War and was one of North Carolina's first public school facilities. They were known as common schools."

(The Pendulum 02/16/10)

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