The Depot Dispatch
Garner’s Revolutionary Connections at Spring Hill – America 250
Spring Hill House, photograph by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 1, 2023 (courtesy of HMdb.org).Have your ever heard of Theophilus Hunter, Sr.? A figure in pre-revolutionary and revolutionary history, his first residence in North Carolina was very likely just...
Black History Month at the Depot
The Garner History Museum at the Depot celebrates Black History Month in February. Our displays include memorabilia from the historic Meadowbrook Country Club, founded in 1958 as one of the first Black country clubs in the southeast and listed on the National Register...
250 Years Ago in Garner
Rand-Bryan House, photograph by June Lioret (courtesy of randsmilldar.com).We will soon celebrate the 250th anniversary of America as we know it. What was happening in what we now know as Garner 250 years ago? When I first moved to Garner in 1983, I was totally...
New Display in the Garner History Museum at the Depot: Folk Art “Critters”
Made By the Late Clyde Jones (b. 1938-39, d. Dec. 2025)Back in the late 1980s and 1990s there was community movement to bring life back to Downtown Garner. The Historic Depot was restored, the Caboose was donated, and a major restoration done to the beautiful historic...