If you haven't made your purchase yet, do so now!!
Send a check for $85 ($75 + $10 S&H), to Coats Museum, PO Box 1294, Coats, NC 27521
A partial list of the 9x12, approx. 1,200 page-book's unique collection of our heritage, our town, our people is given below.
- Founder's Corner - Where the founder of Coats came from, where he lived, his livelihood, church, business and burrial.
- Aviators - Coats in early aviation history with stories of several Coats aviators.
- Businesses - Names, dates, locations of businesses throughout the Coats area.
- Churches - Histories and pictures of Coats area churches.
- Family Histories - More than 350 families submitted their family stories.
- Ghosttowns - Thriving communities of Turlingon and Barclaysville before Coats was founded
- Life Styles and Folklore - Fashions, food, superstitions, recreation, etc.
- Houses - Historic picture collection of homes of merchants, mayors and other political figures.
- Kids' Corner - Several Coats-Erwin Middle School students prepared and submitted their family stories.
- Local Color - Collection of stories about interesting characters and traditions.
- Medical History - The history and timeline of physicians and facilities.
- Patrons' Pages - Families and organizations give a pictorial view of their stories.`
- A chronicle entitled "There and Back on a Paper Canoe." - A story about Coats townspeople and rual area is created from 1525 through 1995.
- Plus, many more topics.
- Founder's Corner - Where the founder of Coats came from, where he lived, his livelihood, church, business and burrial.
- Aviators - Coats in early aviation history with stories of several Coats aviators.
- Businesses - Names, dates, locations of businesses throughout the Coats area.
- Churches - Histories and pictures of Coats area churches.
- Family Histories - More than 350 families submitted their family stories.
- Ghosttowns - Thriving communities of Turlingon and Barclaysville before Coats was founded
- Life Styles and Folklore - Fashions, food, superstitions, recreation, etc.
- Houses - Historic picture collection of homes of merchants, mayors and other political figures.
- Kids' Corner - Several Coats-Erwin Middle School students prepared and submitted their family stories.
- Local Color - Collection of stories about interesting characters and traditions.
- Medical History - The history and timeline of physicians and facilities.
- Patrons' Pages - Families and organizations give a pictorial view of their stories.`
- A chronicle entitled "There and Back on a Paper Canoe." - A story about Coats townspeople and rual area is created from 1525 through 1995.
- Plus, many more topics.
