Digital exhibit about first North Carolina governor now online Mike Conley Apr 9, 2026 Apr 9, 2026 Updated 15 hrs ago 0 Gov. Richard Caswell, North Carolina’s first governor, served from 1776 to 1780. Image courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mike Conley A new digital exhibit about North Carolina's first governor is now online.kAm%96 }@CE9 r2C@=:?2 r@=@?:2= #64@C5D !C@;64E[ A2CE @7 E96 }]r] s6A2CE>6?E @7 }2EFC2= 2?5 rF=EFC2= #6D@FC46D[ C646?E=J =2F?4965 Qv@G6C?@C #:492C5 r2DH6== 2?5 #6G@=FE:@?2CJ }@CE9 r2C@=:?2[Q H9:49 7@4FD6D @? 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McDowell County America 250 presentation to focus on Cherokee-settler relations in western NC “They couldn’t stand against the size of the onslaught of settlement that was going on.”
